For and Against

Hosted by Paul Roach

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Sep 2024

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Arguing the toss over the big issues in sport off the field of play, For and Against takes sport seriously....sometimes! David Gill, Simon Johnson, Stephen Reilly and Paul Roach rip apart the controversies in sport and take a look under the bonnet to see what makes the sports 'industry' tick. From the commercial to the philosophical, from the sublime to the ridiculous, For and Against is your deep dive into how and why sport matters.

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September 20, 202426 min

Episode 140

I know what you’re thinking. If For & Against can take a week off between episodes, then surely it’s okay for the AFL Finalists to do the same…well, think again! Because the team have something to say it. About that and about Sydney derby TV timeslots, the Carlton-Coach-turned-Coffee-Carrying-Superhero and when a Rugby League Immortal truly becomes immortal. And that’s all before Red Card Yellow Card brings us home with the class or lack thereof you’ve become accustomed to! No byes for us - enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 6, 202431 min

Episode 140 - Footy Finals, Byes and Immortals

August 22, 202429 min

Episode 139 – It’s Not Sport But We Like It – Special Edition

Every now and then, there’s something in the quasi-not-quite-sporting world that catches For & Against’s eye. So imagine our delight when a string of It’s Not Sport But We Like It stories emerged at once in our post-Olympics haze! There was only one solutions – a show dedicated to the passionate, competitive, skilful and oh-so-sporting-in-their-own-way worlds of Hobby Horsing, Snail Racing, Speed Jigsaw Puzzling and Sydney Swan Fan Mingling…oh dear, what could possibly go wrong? If that’s all too much, fear not as a more traditional overflow of Olympic off-field behaviour finds its way into Red Card Yellow Card!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 13, 202436 min

Episode 138 – Ah Paris, Oo la la and au revoir

Did we love the Olympics in the city of love…discuss, rant, rave, rate! That’s the mission of the For & Against team as we justify too many late nights, early mornings and frustrations using the official app! There’s also an acronym overload of NBA TV deals, AI overreach, EPL OS to work through. All that plus a special gold-silver-bronze segment of red card yellow card. Oo la la indeed!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 19, 202436 min

Episode 137 – Who wants to be on TOP of the Olympics

Toyota have announced they are leaving The Olympic Partner program after the Paris Olympics – sacre bleu! Quel happened? Well, For & Against is here to break it down. We also look at how the Olympics has flexed its muscles by re-routing the most famous finish in all of sport. Sports funding, sporting capitals, sports diplomacy, sports streaming and Major League Eating. And then the most interactive session of Red Card Yellow Card we’ve had since Rugby League started monitoring their players’ social media accounts! Enjoy another fun episode of For & Against!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 5, 202430 min

Episode 136 – It’s a Cricket Party in the USA

But did anyone in Australia know? And should a world cup ever be televised by one of these upstart new-fangled streaming services instead of our much loved traditional advertising-supported free-to-air TV channels? Well, you know who knows? The For & Against Team, of course! They’re also keen to tackle the offside rule in football, the AFL’s drug policy and the holy/unholy alliance between sport and gambling being consummated by the CEO of one becoming the CEO of the other. And that’s all before we get to sports people behaving badly in Red Card Yellow Card. Come join us for the fun-filled roundtable of wisdom that is For & Against!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 18, 202435 min

Episode 135 – Sport Is Good For You

Preaching to the converted, but science has finally confirmed what we always knew, Sport is good for the world – financially, socially and emotionally. And For & Against is here to take you through why! Add in the Holy Grail of selling cricket to the Yanks and MotoGP to Liberty Media, plus a shake-your-head, celebrity-infused segment of Red Card Yellow Card, and you’ve got another great episode of For & Against.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 2, 202436 min

Episode 134 – Paris Here We Come

Sacre Bleu! Who you gonna call when athletes get prizemoney for winning gold and aspiring Australian Olympians get turfed for drinking a beer between qualifying rounds? For & Against, of course! And what do you wear to the opening ceremony at the fashion capital of the world? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out. We also talk Caitlin Clark, WTA/ATP Merger and, most outrageously of all, Roachy brings up golf...voluntarily...of his own accord...to talk about the quirks of the classiest, most traditional tournaments of them all, the Masters. Wonders never cease, Red Card Yellow Card never gets old and you’ll always have a good time listening to For & Against.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 19, 202433 min

Episode 133 - Stadia Tragedia and the Crime of Inadequate Moose Gutting

For & Against goes deep into the existential crises facing Tasmanian and Brisbanian sports fans as politicians hold their once-promised stadiums to ransom! But can a stadium be anything other than a white elephant? The team investigate and are pretty clear about what they find. In the Shootout, investment banking takes on sport and brokers take on LA tee times! And then there is arguably the most ridiculous real life story ever told on F&A - where you will learn everything you ever needed to know about proper moose gutting during the dog sledding Alaskan epic, the Iditarod! Add in racing waiters, Trumpian self promotion and another Australian cricketer falling off a moving vehicle, and you have another great episode of For & Against!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 5, 202445 min

Episode 132 - AFL Drug Policy and Player "Protection"

What to do when a Federal politician suggests that a player sitting out for a side strain might actually be because they tested positive to recreational drugs in off field testing? Well, two things: 1) hold a press conference that yields a thousand headlines and opinions, and 2) listen to For & Against to help make sense of it all!For & Against has always been synonymous with Integrity - well, sort of - so we take that high ground (and Roachie's legendary pedanticism) out for a spin, running the moral eye over Afghan cricket cancellations, British Lions ticket prices, Tassie Devil deals with Warner Brothers and that old chestnut of questionable ethics: sausage dog racing. On top of all that, there are also eyewitness accounts of the recent F1 in Melbourne, the Surfling at Bells and one of our own tossing the coin in the middle of the MCG for Spud's Game. And Red Card Yellow Card! It's a massive episode of For & Against. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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