This is a wise decision. The UK would be Australian football's largest foreign market in terms of eyes on screens. And its not the fault of fans in Blighty that Setanta mismanaged their bids for English Premier League soccer games.
So much has already been written and said about the awful news that Jimmy Stynes is battling cancer that there is very little more that I can add without sounding trite.
Stynes' storied playing career is one everyone admires and his life post-football has been one of achievement and honour.
He is a man who will have the unswerving support of the entire footy public as he goes about dealing with this major challenge in his life.
In today's Herald Sun, we read about Kevin Sheedy throwing his hat into the ring for the coaching job at Richmond.
This should hardly be news. This was always going to happen.
Sheedy has been out of the coaching caper for almost two years now, and has been reportedly enjoying his time working in football in other capacities. But it was clear that the itch still remained, and people like Tom Hafey, Kevin Bartlett and Francis Bourke did nothing to douse those flames of ambition.
The question could very easily be asked: why would Sheedy want to coach again? Since the last time Richmond played...click here to read more...
And as the dog returneth to its vomit, so Carlton have given Big Jack Elliott the heave-ho.
Why? Because Elliott claimed that the club, under his watch, had paid 'hush up' money to women alleging they were sexually assaulted by Blues players.
This, apparentley, is worthy of being stripped of a life membership by a club the oft-disliked man had dedicated much of his storied life to. And it stinks.
Carlton are jumping the gun on a police investigation. A proper investigation too. With real trained investigators.
I hate to sound cynical, but a week-long internal investigation conducted by...click here to read more...
This bloke hasn't played many games because he's playing in a very strong side but he is an absolute gun. Some of the most composed and best games I've ever seen from a first year player (along with Rich). If I was to hazard a guess, I would say that if he had played every game up to this point that he would be nearly a lock for top 2 or 3 in the NAB rising star.
I hope for Collingwood's sake that they can keep him away from the GC who will offer him big $$$$. Thoughts on him?
For those who are finding it very difficult to get onto Ticketek to book their August tickets, don't panic. Ticketek is jammed because the Britney Spears concert bookings also open this morning. Just be patient because everyone is in the same boat. I went to Crown Casino and had excellent seats at the Hawthorn Essendon game.
Time to make the customary prediction based purely on the first game of the round... 
This bloke hasn't played many games because he's playing in a very strong side but he is an absolute gun. Some of the most composed and best games I've ever seen from a first year player (along with Rich). If I was to hazard a guess, I would say that if he had played every game up to this point that he would be nearly a lock for top 2 or 3 in the NAB rising star.
Encouraging signs for Western Sydney from the people of NSW. 
