Opinion
LGBTQ
Why signing this footballer may be an own goal for mega-spending Saudis
What might happen if a Premier League star noted as an LGBTQIA+ advocate elected to remain true to his values playing for his new club in Saudi Arabia? Therein lies the opportunity.
- by Darren Kane
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LIV Golf Series
Open secret around Hoylake that the PGA and LIV prenup is in rough shape
Despite the shock ceasefire in professional golf’s civil war, there’s a simmering enmity in the air around Royal Liverpool this week. Probably because everyone knows their “framework agreement” presently cannot hold water.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
The Ashes
The 1.52 seconds that divided the cricket world
Alex Carey’s stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s was not only being entirely within the Laws of Cricket, it was an exemplar of playing hard and fairly within the tenets of the game’s codified “spirit”.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Sexism
Australian sport’s transgender policy is still as clear as mud
The Australian Sports Commission’s new guidelines for transgender athletes and elite sports haven’t solved the puzzle to anything like the extent it considers it might have.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
NRL 2023
Why Shane Flanagan must never coach in the NRL again
The deregistered former Cronulla coach shouldn’t even be a candidate to lead St George Illawarra. If the Dragons board decide Flanagan is their man, the NRL must surely step in.
- by Darren Kane
Why sport’s loudest Voices are right not to stay silent
People say “sport unites”. Most of that sort of stuff is complete rubbish. And yet sport does have an important role in the Voice debate. It’s ridiculous to say governing bodies should ignore that responsibility and just shut up.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
NRL 2023
Forget Paris, but NRL officials do deserve to have their reputations protected
Warriors sponsor Jason Paris is hardly Kim Kardashian when it comes to breaking the internet, but his now-retracted referee rant does highlight an inconsistency in NRL policy.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
LIV Golf Series
Legal eagles only winners as PGA and LIV put future of golf in jeopardy
Now that the dust has begun to settle, the so-called LIV Golf rebels must evolve into custodians for the game that made their names, and one that’s in trouble.
- by Darren Kane
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LIV Golf Series
Breaking rank: LIV golfers in with a legal shot at playing for points
After a solid Masters showing, LIV players are edging toward a swing at golf’s official rankings on anticompetitive grounds. It’s hard to see them losing that argument.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
LGBTQ
Does race to regulate transgender athletes have to be a zero-sum game?
As more sporting governing bodies formulate rulings around the participation of transgender athletes, we seem to be forgetting that these are matters involving real human beings.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Concussion crisis
I’m a lawyer. Footballers, when it comes to concussion class actions, lawyers are not always your friends
Take this advice free of charge: Tread very carefully and don’t blindly hitch yourself to anyone who could have a vested interest, or dollar signs in their eyes.
- by Darren Kane