How sad. That cultural marxism continues to plague sport & media.

So sad to see that some of the sheeple are being tricked into embracing our decline.

Yes, well done, but for mine there are too many thugs in the stands in too many soccer games. I say this as someone who once coached the game.

Today my main sports that I like to view as spectator sports are ruby league and cricket, men and women.
Alan B.

Yes, well done, but for mine there are too many thugs in the stands in too many soccer games. Here and abroad. I say this as someone who once coached the game.

Today my main sports that I like to view as spectator sports are ruby league and cricket, men and women.
Alan B.

The over-hyping has already damaged their future successes !

Great tournament sure, pity about the tickets and the TV coverage.

I got athletics stadium tickets for every Olympics from Sydney 2000 through to Paris 2024. Easily got finals tickets for the women's world cup Lyon 2019. Couldn't get near the Sydney 2023 tickets, apart from one game.

Winning at sport is a great panacea for the ills of any nation, the Romans had their "sports", gladiators and chariot races, half time entertainment, lions devouring Christians. Australia has it own gladiatorial contest, football, and for a society, it offers those brief moments of escapism which people crave.

Dear Paul1405, So keep the sheeple entertained while you continue selling them out to Communist China?

ima, you are a sad little fellow with your Pol Pot style philosophy. I suppose you seen old Pol as a centralist moderate just like yourself. btw, Pol didn't like sport either, well not in the traditional sense, he also believed in the liberal use of the firing squad.

Fanatical competition is not sport !

Paul1405, after the communist chinese take over i will be inside a labour camp munching on my bowl of rice while Pol Pot's team entertain us by torturing the likes of you.

After every successful communist takeover, the collaborators are always the first to go, because they know too much & have proven themselves to be untrustworthy.

Your service to the Australia Last Party is getting you nowhere fast.

Who said you're getting a bowl of rice? You can eat what's in your undies, before getting any of the peoples rice!

I have never been much of a spectator. I'd rather compete at any level, local small town or international level all good, than watch even the best professionals play their sport.

When it comes to team games that are often decided by a penalty shoot out, I'd rather go water the garden.

I don't see sport as being a fight to the death contest.
But it seems to be going that way?
I see it instead as a mutual endeavour, where each person is part of a team of like minded persons.
Each person has the opportunity to gain experience as part of that team.
Team effort has been a mainstay, in all parts of life, for a very long time.
We don't do well as isolated creatures.

There can and should be mutual respect and understanding between teams.
Bitter rivalry is to be avoided.
My impression of those who support teams is that they can be so focussed on 'their' team, that their view becomes narrow.
They can even become incensed, and almost viscious.
This takes all the fun and warmth out of a game?
The game itself can become almost a fight, with some resorting to cheating to gain advantage.
An altogether disgusting and reprehensible result.

The game seems to work best when success can be gauged?
This is where the scoring of points comes in.
Points gained can be an indication of how well a team has performed.
I guess humans need to know these things.

When I was at school we played a kind of one-team game.
We all tried to gain control of the ball, and 'kick a goal'.
Anybody who wanted to joined in.
A kind of free-for-all.
And it was fun.

Gawd ! What hype will ensue if they actually win or the waffle of excuses if they lose !
It's just so over the top in comparison with important issues !

Hassy,

Some rubbish masquerades as "sport", two that I can think of are Jelly Wrestling and Motor Racing, but I'm not so sure about Jelly Wrestling not being a sport. What do you say; petrol heads forever!

Actually I'd rather ride a horse, or sail a yacht, but it is difficult to keep either of them in a suburban garage, while earning a living.

While you can't keep a horse in your garage, you can keep lots of horse power. QED.

Well done to the English girls, the better team won on the night. Indy no excuses.

Hassy, horse racing is not a sport either, just cruelty to animals for greed and profit. Greyhound racing is disgusting cruelty as well, up there with cock fighting and bear baiting for cruelty to animals. Motor racing is not sport, just environmental vandalism.

Paul1405,
No argument from me on those assertions & I'd add 'recreational sport fishing' to dumb activities ! I get really put off seeing fish flapping away to an agonising end on some hot wharf.
re the excuses ? Wait !

I just saw a clip of one the Mathilda players talking with Hamish McDonald regarding the pay differences between male & female players.
Who actually pays them & where does that revenue come from ? If it's from ticket sales then who decides how much goes to the players ? Do male played matches create more revenue ?
Is Tax payer money used to pay players ? If so, why ?
Does Sport which requires spectators to pay still get subsidised ?
If Sport is Tax payer subsidised shouldn't their salary be in line with standard Public Service salaries ?
Just curious !

Who said anything about horse racing. Paul again trying to alter what someone else said. I have never been to a horse race, but people who think it is cruel just don't understand the mentality of horses. Too busy bring unpleasant to have time to think about anything.

My horses all loved interaction with us, I would consider it a major failure if a horse of mine did not come at least at the trot when called.

When I retired an old eventer I put him down the bottom riverfront paddock, with a few mates, lush grass, & a nice windbreak of shady trees. He hated it. He would spend afternoons standing at the gate calling us. I had to bring him back up to the house & ride him occasionally to keep him happy.

Paul would never understand how we love our horses, & quite a few of them return the compliment. They call when ever they see you, wanting a bit of petting, but mostly a good brushing & a ride, something some people will never understand.

There's something frighteningly wrong when people can demand that others should pay them for their chosen activity interest !
Culture, Art & Sport are activities that should be independent of daily life not impact on those who don't share that interest !

Indy,

"There's something frighteningly wrong when people can demand that others should pay them for their chosen activity interest !"

Totally agree Indy, those who frittered away all they earned during their working life, if they had one, blowing it on booze and pokies, never providing for their old age, and now expect us poor taxpayers to carry em' for the rest of their life, thanks to old age welfare, down at god's waiting room everyday, doing the same thing, disgusting. Here's a shocker! some old fella at 65 gets onto aged welfare, then he has the hide to live to a 100, that's 35 years, costing us poor taxpayers $1 million in handouts! $1 million, we're creating millionaires! Can you believe that? A 'Seniors National Service' with a bit of hard yakka and fresh air thrown in, will soon straighten em' out! Agree?

BTW, I have though up a new aged welfare package to replace the cash handout. 7 cans of beans a week, with the days of the week on each can. They eat Mondays beans on Mondays, Tuesdays beans on Tuesday etc, etc, they'll get ust to the idea in no time. In that way there is no waste, beans are an excellent source of fibre for old folks, will help keep em' regular, and working! Agree?

Paul1405,
I agree, I know many who fall into your category of hardly ever working if at all & now get more Pension than those of us who worked full time & paid Top rate Tax.
How much of your Super is contributed to by your employer & Tax money ? What is your legacy from your work ?
Women's Sport just got a $200Mill boost from this Govt. Will be interesting on how you define that handout, welfare ?

Indy,

Being sensible, I believe government funding of sport is necessary at the grass roots level, but at the 'elite' level that should be left to private sponsorship, as they are the ones profiting from it. The WWC was a success, and Australia has benefited from the international publicity, but lets not get carried away with it, and we don't want to see any more of the Noalitions $100 million Sports Rorts, now do we.

we don't want to see any more of the Noalitions $100 million Sports Rorts, now do we.
Paul1405,
Too late, Labor's already doubled that !

Indy,

The Noalition promised $50 million more than Labor for women's sport with $250 million. I'm not opposed to government expenditure for sports development at a grass roots level, on a needs basis. The Noalition and their 'Sports Rorts' was a purely political exercise to win votes, that I don't agree with.

The fastest growing spot in Australia is 'Pensioner Popping'. It needs a big injections of government cash now, about $1 billion me thinks for starters. Cash desperately needed for new targets, guns and ammunition! At the recent PP National Championships held at Humptybong Qld, Australian champion Fred Zinglepeck set a new world record by popping 247 pensioners in 30 minutes, surpassing the old record of 243 popped pensioners set by Zog Thordunny of Finland in 2021! I bet you didn't know that. I ask, where is the recognition for Fred? Albo didn't even turn up to wave the flag! Disgusting. Australia should be building on Fred's success! Australia should be making a concerted bid for the 2035 World Pensioner Popping Cup, me thinks it could be staged for a paltry 10 or 12 billion dollars, where are you Dan? Of course a new 250,000 seat stadium will have to be built, which in not in the budget, we'll deal with that later. I propose the new Stadium be constructed on the present site of the Sydney Opera House. What a great idea! Spend, spend, spend! And we get a new stadium, and, get rid of that eyesore at the same time, a win, win for all!