While it was hoped that having an AFL team at last would bring Tasmanians together, some believe it has split them politically.
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The cost of a Tasmanian team joining the AFL can be justified on economic and social grounds.
Professional sport leagues change their rules for four main reasons, with the bottom line being to compete against other entertainment options
The business model of the AFL and NRL is simple: attract a television audience, sell that audience to advertisers. To do that they need crowds.
Running, jumping, tackling, not to mention handling the ball, means Aussie Rules players risk injuries to their hands and wrists serious enough to send them to the emergency department.
Team captains have a slight statistical advantage in being judged best on ground, says sports economist Liam Lenten.
With the AFL’s indigenous round about to take place, it’s important to recognise the full history of Indigenous involvement in the sport, including the many obstacles players faced.
Online trolling is a workplace health and safety issue. The AFL must expose and sanction those responsible – anything less would not only be morally debatable, but also legally questionable.
Research shows that a few AFL teams have had much more success at drafting players than others. Richmond’s recent premiership was in part build on good draft choices.
Football has changed dramatically in the 35 years since Richmond last had a chance at the Grand Final. But while footy is now ‘an industry’, the arrival of the first women’s league is to be celebrated.
For Indigenous people, refusal is a powerful act of sovereignty. In Grand Final week, it’s timely to reflect on Adam Goodes’ refusal to accept racism in football or an official send off when he retired - and the repercussions of his stance, a year on.
Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin’s story highlights not only the persistent stigma surrounding mental illness, but the potential of sport to help tackle it.
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Indigenous Health; Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement, La Trobe University
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor in Accounting, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, Monash University
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Professor, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, Monash University
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Sessional Academic and UNESCO Consultant, Deakin University
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Associate professor & Scientia Fellow, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
