A potential point of discussion for political/media/industry/diplomatic/kitchen table/whatever debate here. Likely to be relevant to most things. Evidence is pretty compelling. But who’s to say really. Carry on.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The triple sub is fine to expedite because it leaves two subs and two sub windows, so there’s no disadvantage in not waiting until HT to use the free window.
Great explainer by @roundballaus.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-m4...
Australia's best athletes meet its top climate scientists at
at the SURF N TURF THE GAME SHOW — hosted by me 🎤 +
Tom Carroll, Sam Fricker, Tarni Evans, Cyrus Monk, Pat Cummins & more.
The future of sport is worth fighting for. 🏄🏈🌏
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Several FIFPRO and FIFPRO Asia/Oceania events are coming to New South Wales next week!
The state will become a hub for player advocacy, staff development and women's football leadership, coinciding with the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
Very impressive. I’d also say they deserve to be paid something for this performance/tournament, but will probably be in the 8 teams that miss out on prize money.
50k fans turn up for the Matildas, but only a couple of thousand for the A-League Women? 🤔
Halfway to our target of 1,000 responses in the Australian leg of the FSAA Global Fan Survey.
Jump on it here: 👉 🔗 tinyurl.com/437kjtzb
#FSAA #Socceroos #Matildas #ALeagues
the courage and spirit of the Iranian players to do anything at all tonight, with so much chaos and uncertainty unfolding back home, is just remarkable. they should be so, so proud. #KORvIRN #AFCWAC
there are heaps of Matildas-focused #AFCWAC previews out there, but few of them dive into the other huge stories & sub-plots threaded throughout the tournament.
so, with Australia covered everywhere else, here are five other storylines to keep an eye on.
football360.com.au/womens-asian...
This survey could be a game changer in finding the crossover between the Socceroos, Matilda's, Aleague fans and how to connect the masses...
Help us spread the word!
Gee whiz there are some good ideas in here
𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐏𝐅𝐀 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐀𝐌 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 🏅
Congratulations to Lydia Williams who will join a list of Australian football greats to be awarded the PFA's highest honour on Monday 16 March.
pfa.net.au/announcement...
ABC was doing vox pops with voters in Goldstein this morning. One man said she “just doesn’t look like a leader”, but Angus Taylor “looks like a leader”.
🤔
QLD's 2018 stadium review said that Suncorp had more unused capacity and should get another team squeezed in there 😑
Big new FIFPRO Asia report out today ahead of the Women's Asian Cup.
WAC26 will see the same great scenes as Women's World Cup 2023, but unless AFC acts, two thirds of players will play for free.
The total prize pool for WAC26 is less than what the bottom team at the Women's World Cup received.
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
exclusive: the AFC won't increase prize money for this year's Women's Asian Cup despite repeated pleas from players. a public campaign is being planned calling attention to what is now the lowest-paying major women's tournament in the world.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Did you meme because you wrote it, or did you write it to set up the meme?
In Ready for Takeoff, the PFA observed that the global pie was more or less doubling each year. It’s happened again.
Failing to make the ALW fully professional is preventing it from increasing its share of this growing pie. Already, 5% of the total is around $2m AUD - a realistic share for ALW.
inside.fifa.com/transfer-sys...
FIFA transfer data are out for 2025 and some notable takeaways on the women’s side: global growth of 83% over 2024 and Australia again got 1% of the global pie.
last year, I was introduced to a mysterious American man who wanted to know more about the #ALeagueWomen and women's football in Australia.
as it turns out, he represented an overseas consortium looking to expand their portfolio here.
so what happened next?
football360.com.au/my-encounter...
It was done intentionally back of the envelope for the doc because specifics need to be worked through in collective bargaining.
The $1m in the doc was required additional spend over and above current average investment per club for full pro, including players (+$600k) and assumed for staff and ops (+$400k).
To calculate total player payments we just said $60k per player as a simple indicative figure.
The Dubcast is back to tackle @thepfaaus.bsky.social Ready for Takeoff report, looking at the players vision for the #ALW. Poletti and Burke give their thoughts, as well as interviews with Beau Busch, Melissa Barbieri and Rhianna Pollicina.
📺: youtu.be/RLNJ_EujRGM
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0LXl...
𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟. 🚀
The PFA have officially launched 'Ready for Takeoff', a landmark new vision to seize Australian sport’s biggest opportunity and secure the future of the A-League Women.
Read the full report here: pfa.net.au/news/players...
#SupportingThePlayers #BuildingTheGame
AUSTRALIA, here’s this week’s cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/pictur...
AFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT STAGE QUARTER-FINAL 1 MELBOURNE CITV FC v PFC NASAF QUARTER-FINAL 2 TOKVO VERDY BELEZA v STALLION LAGUNA FC QUARTER-FINAL 3 NAEGOHYANG WFC v HO CHI MINH CITY WFC QUARTER-FINAL 4 WUHAN JIANGDA WFC v SUWON FC WOMEN
AFC Women's Champions League
Final Knockout Stage Draw results
#AWCL #ALW #ALeagues
