Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• European Super League - Why is it “just not football”? (2:07)
• NRL Conference System - Innovation or Historically Distasteful? (17:30)
• What’s the “optics” around players traveling while on injury leave? (24:33)
• Is modern coaching “muting” footy’s stars? (34:54)
• Side by Side? Public Messaging 101 feat. Collingwood FC. (40:40)
• NO! The Prison Bar debate finally ends… (46:43)
• Too much of a good thing? Are AFL games too long? (54:32)
• CLICK AND SCROLL (57:53)

To submit a question or comment;

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  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• What's happened to Thursday Night Footy? (2:24)
• Eddie’s "Crystal Ball” - pipeline or pipe dream? (11:53)
• Thoughts on the AFLW stand-alone Grand Final (20:47)
• Did "Making their Mark” leave a stain on the Giants? (23:45)
• "They who shall not be blamed..." The ultimate social media faux pas? (31:47)
• Zach Merrett – the silence is deafening (36:08)
• The view from afar… Do broadcasters need to be at the games? (40:22)
• CLICK OR SCROLL (44:17)
• PROF SAM’S “HERO OF THE WEEK” (57:20)

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• Tweets #SportsMediaMicroscope (1:38)
• League Promotion vs. Journalism Censorship - feat. Damien Barrett vs. North Melbourne & Paul Kent vs. Melbourne Storm (4:55)
• Should teams have to earn a “Marquee” timeslot? (12:57)
• Commentator Conflict feat. Luke Darcy & Western Bulldogs (19:56)
• Chris Scott + The “Naughty” Coaches Corner (28:09)
• CLICK OR SCROLL (36:17)
• “Superhero Check-In" with Professor Sam (46:22)
• Sports Journalists asking ”real” questions feat. 3AW Sportsday (52:29) 
• STOP THE PRESSES (55:01)

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• A review on the "State of the Game” - 3:00
• (Quality of Product / Fan Engagement / League Expansion) Do Clubs and players care too much about outside perception?” - 9:50
• Dangerfield and “the Bump" - 16:52
• Why wasn’t the G full for Carlton vs. Collingwood? What to do with Thursday Night Footy? - 22:30
• "Prison Bars” The importance of a club’s guernsey - 32:45
• Are there too many former players in the footy media? - 41:06
• Sports Media Rights… too good to be true? - 45:15
  
  
• CLICK & SCROLL - 51:50
• STOP THE PRESSES - 1:00:20

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• Does sports media need to give the players more freedoms? (2:56)
• A-League - A study in the Dangers of Closed Door Leagues (10:49)
• Who owns the narrative? The Joe Daniher Parable… (15:00)
• Jimmy & Sam’s Footy Media Wishlist (24:11)
• FUTURE MICROSCOPING? What’s the biggest storyline this season? (30:50)
• Does “J-School Journalism” still have a place in the sports media landscape?(40:51)
• CLICK OR SCROLL (43:00)
• QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS (56:30):

- Why is there so much emotion around time slot of the AFL Grand Final?
- Do we have too many past players in the sports media? 
- Will FTA channels ever try to challenge Pay-to-View channels in the “Sports Magazine Show” market?

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• Eddie & The PR Pies (3:00) 
• Damien Hardwick & The Immoral Tigers (17:20)
• Bruce McAvaney’s retirement and ‘what next’ for Channel 7... (28:39)
• Will Amazon’s “Making Their Mark” Documentary change the sports media landscape in Australia? (35:45)
• CLICK OR SCROLL (44:25)
• Final Thoughts - Was the Big Bash a Success? (53:32)
• STOP THE PRESSES (58:45)

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• AFL cleverly and strategically dominating the news during the off-season. 
• Are ODI's dead? What does the future of cricket hold? 
• Foxtel's worries - securing tier 1 sports to stop the decline. 
• Players V the media ... a love, hate relationship.
• Australian Open ... could we lose it forever? 

PLUS 'Click or Scroll' & 'Quickfire Questions'. 

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

Footy is rapidly growing into a year-long season, and this week on the Sports Media Microscope, it’s trade talk that has the professor and the scribe debating the fall out of the 2020 AFL Trade Period including:

• PR 101 featuring the Collingwood Football Club. How did the Pies handle their final day firesale? (2:17)
• One club, one message? How important is communication consistency during a “crisis"? (13:05)
• “It’s business” - Is there more to footy than just win/loss tallies and salary cap levers? (19:46)
• Can sports media handle the family elements of player trades in a more nuanced fashion? (25:26)
• How much value for the fans does the Trade Period provide? (28:53)

PLUS

What dictates game style? Players, coaches or rules? (33:21). Gordo joins to play “the world famous" Click or Scroll (47:38) while James and Sam let you know what stopped the presses this week with their reading recommendations. (57:17)

To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

It’s the race that stops a nation, and this week on the Sports Media Microscope, it’s the race that fills a podcast as the professor and the scribe saddle up for an in-depth chat about the Melbourne Cup including: 

• Did the VRC “sell their soul” by shifting the Flemington Festival coverage from Channel 7 to Channel 10? (2:59)
• Is the Melbourne Cup Carnival coverage to fragmented? How easy is it for people to find the coverage they prefer? (9:35)
• Will animal welfare be the issue that brings horse racing unstuck? (14:58)
• Where does sports coverage stop and gambling promotion begin? (24:07)

PLUS

Rugby Union finds a new broadcast home in Australia (38:24), the AFL trade period is ramping up (55:14), Gordo joins to play “the world famous" Click or Scroll (45:29) while James and Sam let you know what stopped the presses this week with their reading recommendations. (58:52)


To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith

Nothing influences sport like the media. It transforms games, sparks debate and drives change. Join Holmesglen Sports Degrees Course Leader Sam Duncan and Footy Live Editor Jimmy Szabo to dissect sport’s biggest issues under the lens of the Sports Media Microscope.

On this week's episode:

• Night AFL Grand Final: Stay or Go? (2:20)
• Melbourne Storm and the key to growing sports in competitive markets (14:50)
• Gus Gould “biased” anti-Storm commentary (23:40)
• The joys of long-form - featuring Sacked podcast (34:23)
• What fills footy’s gap in the sports market now? (41:00)

… PLUS …

Click or Scroll (46:53) & Stop the Presses (57:09)


To submit a question or comment;

• #TheSportsMediaMicroscope 
• @SzaboJames
• @samkduncan
• [email protected]
  
  Special thanks to Amy Casati for creating the podcast cover - follow at @cas0ne on Instagram.
  
  The Sports Media Microscope is produced, engineered and edited by Gordon Meredith - @HunterGMeredith