OUG,sorry not true, sport is not driven by government, or any them.
And the two other posts are not realistic or reprsenative with true drivers.
Shadow Minister is quite right.
Above ,my desk is my memorabilia NRL club stuff.
Behind me Cricket.
I love sport, it is an industry.
It grew on that basis.
On first playing my sport I paid my own workers comp insurance, before every game.
Do not confuse the purely evil betting on sport, with this issue.
Betting on sport, like drug importation,is a virus, one turning oficials and others into criminals.
In the case of drugs, police in to criminals.
THEY,how we love to blame THEM, for every thing.
ButOptus willand must be stopped from free loading on sports.
They are bound to be.

belly/quote..""..sport is not driven..by government,""

belly...look at how much state labar party has spent on sport
how many billion dollar footy stadiums
how many equestrian centers..how much on tennis
you know like that one..in the floodzone..[billion's wasted]

heck mate just in those 3
[in qld alone...in 3 terms..
reaches beyond 10 billion..[or one eigth the qld deficit]

but lets go further...

we got those millions..given to a soccar/hoon
to bid for a game..no one watches..except sbs and other news rooms

we got raceways being 'almagamated'..under govt largess

gold coast/is bidding for some other sport event
but how much govt spent..on that moter [sport/rort]..race/raceways
local counmcil;s gift to their infinite sports clubs[bowling.kids sports ovals in schools..etc etc

mate to say sport dont..is to miss the bleeding obvious
mate sport rots is huge..a sports team is needed just to man the booths

"""I love sport,
it is an industry.
It grew on that basis."'

crash rubbish ol mate
recall amateur status was huge
till the big money backed their bets
and packer bought cricket..just like us..bought [corrupted]school footy/baseball/hockey[heck mate the olympics is supposed to be ammateur

""On first playing my sport""

that is what sport is supposed to be about...playing
but mate..now its a vehicle into politricks
a step on the way to pm hood
or premier hoods

no 1 seat holders
say no more

""I paid my own workers comp insurance,..before every game.
Do not confuse..the purely evil betting on sport,..with this issue""

mate money has corrupted it completly.
betting on it is just the cream on the dream
and politics..is best played from private boxes
heck look at the coruption in rugby...the scrum is scum

""Betting on sport,..is a virus,
one turning oficials and others into criminals."'

mate a guy backing himself[or his team]..thats fine
but betting on a no ball...in the 3 rd over
on the 5 th bowl...[mate thats corruption]

all corruption[that govt allows to continue]
is the reason..we detest sport...

[further having half the news/cycle
attributed to sport...

mate sport/rort isnt news..
[recall rome]?

same/shame/sham

but lets also recall

a pm/premier
at a footy game
at a flood..at a school

on tv/radio/in the paper

thats political

""In the case of drugs,police into criminals.""

not sure of intent

""THEY,how we love to blame THEM,..for every thing.""

what sport/drugs..police..or criminals
who is this we..blaming what..for everything?

"ButOptus will
and must be stopped..""

what you hold tel;stra shares?

your ok with no money/no sport mate?

ya never watched sport from the top of the fence?

""free loading on sports.""

leave loading rorts
mate...unclean money..cant clean up the dirt..in sport

bullies thugs...giving haters..reason to hate
not their 'own''team..as much as..that other mongrel mob

them/us
tribalism..at/its worst

""They are bound to be.""

paying
as much as it takes..
to gain control..

of the cash flow*..
free travel..free clothing..free entertainment
free booze..free lawyers..free massage..and ya chicks for free..

yep ol mate
nuthin there for a polie

Glad I live in a different world than that OUG.
Thread was not about crime, in sport or politics.
Not in any way.
It questioned the right of one, to get what others paid for ,for free.

I'm a lefty

That's a first.