Emeritus Professor John Mangan

Category: sports

Cricket Australia’s Big Bash cash grab is rejected – but there are better options on the table Published: May 1, 2026 2.38pm AEST

08/05/2026

https://theconversation.com/cricket-australias-big-bash-cash-grab-is-rejected-but-there-are-better-options-on-the-table-280028 Cricket Australia was considering the privatisation of Big Bash League. Privatisation is often a default choice for sports administrators because it avoids undertaking the more difficult tasks of structural change and market adaptation (let the private investors do it!). It also assumes that there exist large supplies of capital eager to support sports teams. They may be right but there are other internal options that should be sought first.   #Please click the link below or above to read

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Scare as Hen’s Teeth: Rugby League in the Movies

28/03/2026

Introduction Despite its deep cultural roots in Australia, Northern England, and New Zealand — and despite its 131year separation from Rugby Union in 1895 — Rugby League has rarely been explored in film or documentary. This stands in stark contrast to soccer, whose global popularity has inspired internationally recognised films such as Fever Pitch (1997), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), and Kicking and Screaming (2005). Even the AFL, with its strong domestic following, has not generated a significant cinematic footprint.

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John Buchanan, Australian Cricket Coach interview with John Mangan

22/06/2025

John Buchanan, the coach with the laptop. John Buchanan was the Australian Cricket Coach between 1999 and 2007, a period of unparalleled success for the team. Prior to that he coached the Queensland team to their first Sheffield Shield victories. During this period John pioneered the use of data and data analysis to inform and raise the expectations of even great players. He would later formalize this approach in his book If better is possible. In this way he was a pioneer

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John Mangan talks sports marketing with Rick Burton

19/04/2025

Rick Burton’s career is immersed in sports entrepreneurship and marketing. He serves as the marketing manager for the US Olympic team in 2008, established the National Basketball league in Australia, set up the J League Soccer competition in Japan and was influential in the creation of a national basketball competition in the Philippines. He is in Australia to advise the Queensland Government and the University of Queensland n marketing preparation for the 2032 Olympic games. This interview was to concentrate

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