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Apr05

  • Australia’s top amateur athletes could begin paying tax on prize money and grants following javelin thrower Joanne Stone ruling.

  • Times Rich List.
    [Searchable database. Enter e.g. 'sport' under 'Industry', although this example also picks up 'transport' entries]

  • Rugby Union professionalism - the players' view.

  • Premiership players in new Sunday Times Rich List.

    • REFERENCE MATERIAL
      SOSOL carries a further study of the commercialisation of sport.
      There is an interesting John Hudson article online which shows the problems which arise with the commercialisation of soccer in the UK, and suggests some solutions.
      Check out the Athens Olympics website for details on their commercial development around sponsorship and television rights.
      The Museum of Rugby has a chronology of the (mainly Union) game, and the Rugby League Hall of Fame has a detailed accoubt of the 'Great Split' of 1895.