For and Against DM Podcasts

For & Against goes deep into the existential crises facing Tasmanian and Brisbanian sports fans as politicians hold their once-promised stadiums to ransom! But can a stadium be anything other than a white elephant? The team investigate and are pretty clear about what they find.

In the Shootout, investment banking takes on sport and brokers take on LA tee times! And then there is arguably the most ridiculous real life story ever told on F&A - where you will learn everything you ever needed to know about proper moose gutting during the dog sledding Alaskan epic, the Iditarod!

Add in racing waiters, Trumpian self promotion and another Australian cricketer falling off a moving vehicle, and you have another great episode of For & Against!
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What to do when a Federal politician suggests that a player sitting out for a side strain might actually be because they tested positive to recreational drugs in off field testing? Well, two things: 1) hold a press conference that yields a thousand headlines and opinions, and 2) listen to For & Against to help make sense of it all!For & Against has always been synonymous with Integrity - well, sort of - so we take that high ground (and Roachie's legendary pedanticism) out for a spin, running the moral eye over Afghan cricket cancellations, British Lions ticket prices, Tassie Devil deals with Warner Brothers and that old chestnut of questionable ethics: sausage dog racing.

On top of all that, there are also eyewitness accounts of the recent F1 in Melbourne, the Surfling at Bells and one of our own tossing the coin in the middle of the MCG for Spud's Game. And Red Card Yellow Card!

It's a massive episode of For & Against. Enjoy!
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What does the WWE, eSports, Olympic Breakdancing and Pigeon Racing have in common? Well, they all make Roachy's blood boil for a start - that anyone thinks of them as sport! Is he right? There's only way to find out, as For & Against once again tackles the big issues.

Seriously (sort of), that's what we do - like whether Wentworth Park should be turned into apartments, or Channel 9 have wasted their money buying the rights to the Melbourne cup, or whether the inclusion report commissioned by the Essendon Football Club is, well, inclusive!

There's also two of the best Red Card Yellow Card excuses we've ever heard. To hear them yourself, tune into another great show with the For & Against team.
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For & Against predicted this over a decade ago, now a gaggle of billionaires are making it true: an alternative to the Olympics where anything goes! And some of us are NOT happy!Will athletes be go faster, stronger, higher. Will viewers watch a supplement-supported world record! Will Roachy's head explode before the 100m champion's heart??

The team also talk Tay Tay and the Super Bowl, Sports Integrity Australia's overreach and an unforgettable RCYC segment featuring Tinder and Mankinis...you don't want want to know...well, actually...you know you do!

So join us for another great episode of For & Against.
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The For & Against team have seen a few summers of sport - perhaps too many, but still never enough. And every summer, we see challenges to the status quo: basketball on Christmas Day, shorter then longer then shorter BBL seasons, the eternal optimism that football will take over riding the wave of the miraculous Matildas or a shift in broadcast rights that promises to redefine summer sport. But is summer sport reinventing itself?  Or is it a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same?

The FANDA team are here to break it down and put it back together again in ways you never thought of! And then it’s a trip down memory lane as we assess The Guardian’s top Australian sports moments and determine what achievements are eternal and which might be bright and shiny with a recency bias. Outrageously not mentioned is a three-peat Australian world champion…thank goodness we were here!

And hang around to the end, when Red Card Yellow Card, which shines the spotlight on sport and sportspeople behaving badly, features some outrageous electric pulses, late night over partying and mindless misogyny. We hope you enjoy this episode of For & Against.
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What would the 80s think of cricket in 2024? Well for one thing, they would think we would be discussing whether we should or shouldn’t play cricket on Australia Day. Or that it’s a surprise the Windies won a test. Or that the Poms would get upset about Alex Carey being picked in the Test Team of the Year (well, they couldn’t, because Alex wasn’t born yet). Or whether Private Equity should buy a stake in city-based twenty over cricket!Well, that’s what For & Against is for…to do battle with the preconceptions of the 80s about what sport looks like in 2024…and, well, I think we just shared something surprisingly psychological about the whole F&A team. Hmmm.

The team also cover what it means as Tiger breaks up with Nike and whether gambling on the Australian of the Year is, well, UnAustralian. All this, plus a repeat offender in Red Card Yellow Card and you have another great episode of For & Against!

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