After the team celebrated a century in our previous show, it’s time to get back down to business - specifically, the business of spending billions on cricket and football. The ever-insightful Ritam Mitra joins us to dissect the IPL’s latest jaw-dropping deal and what Apple might be thinking taking Major League Soccer to the world. The team also dig into the most important part of the Commonwealth Games - the opening ceremony fashions! - and the potential behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing to secure the 2026 World Cup Final. And lastly, Red Card Yellow Card takes aim at a former world champion, a misguided singing superstar and a would-be authoritarian sporting CEO. We know you’ll enjoy another great show of For & Against.

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Welcome to a very special edition of For & Against: our one hundredth show! 77 on ABC Grandstand and 23 on the Diamantina Network. And in a first for the team, we discuss whether we owe Greg Norman an apology. Speaking of sell-outs, the spontaneous sale of the Netball Grand Final venue gets examined as do the chances of the FFA spending the bounty of a fifth straight World Cup qualification. Last but not least, in fact maybe most important of all, we celebrate one hundred shows with a seminal segment of Red Card Yellow Card, highlighted by a return of the usual suspects (AFL players behaving badly) and a doozy of a nomination for Nick Faldo. Thank you to everyone who has joined for our previous 99 shows. We hope you enjoy this special 100th!

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We're joined by former Aussie cricketer and now coach Nathan Hauritz, to talk about bridging the generation gap in coaching (and his very recent appointment to Ireland). Still on cricket, is the giant awakening in the US? If the money is any guide, that's a yes. And to the disbelief of many, FIFA dumps FIFA!

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Wimbledon takes a stand against Russia and the ATP/WTA return serve…where’s the moral high ground? Probably a lot closer to US soccer, where gender pay parity has arrived. And was the federal election coverage better than watching sport? As with sport, depends who you support…

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Where will it end? And do we want it to? In this episode, For & Against discuss the next sports looking to emulate the success of Netflix’s Drive to Survive. We also count the costs of Ash Barty’s retirement…to the cost of TV rights to next year’s Australian Open! And there’s an absolute classic nomination for It’s Not Sport But We Like It: Extreme Ironing! It could only be another episode of For & Against.

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For & Against gets tribal as Rugby League great, Brad Clyde, joins the team to debate whether Rugby League should break with tradition and move the Grand Final north of the border to Lang Park! The team also discuss the Wimbledon sanctions, the not-dead-yet Saudi golf league and the legacies of two departing administrative giants, John Coates and Gil McLachlan. And of course, there’s Red Card Yellow Card. Join us for another great episode of For & Against.

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Does live sport have a future? Will the crowds come back as COVID recedes? Join Paul, Simon and Stephen, as they discuss what sports need to do to get people buying tickets again. Or is the future of sport virtual, and coming soon to a metaverse near you? Find out on another great show of For & Against.

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Ash Barty's retirement shocked the world and blindsided sports-mad, hero-worshipping Australia. Join Paul, Simon and Stephen as they explore whether her actions are unprecedented or enlightened! The team also covers the march of private equity into sport and the consequences of Italy's failure to make the World Cup for the second time in a row. It's an extra-sensitive, game-changing episode of For & Against. 

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Who says sport and politics don’t mix? No-one on For & Against, that’s for sure. The team tackles Russian sporting sanctions, with a special interview with sporting economist and sanctions afficionado, Tim Harcourt, and discuss their impact on the hearts and minds of fans…and the budgets and sponsors of sporting administrators like FIFA and the IOC. They also look at 2022’s 'new and improved' Formula One, speed sky diving and Phil Mickelson hitting himself with a nine-iron. And that's before Red Card Yellow Card. Get ready for another exciting episode of For & Against!

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