Articles – Ludo Aequitas

The NBA, Politics, Profit And China – East Collides With West

THERE was another example where the views of one did not outweigh the views of the many. Daryl Morey, the general manager of NBA team the Houston Rockets, recently tweeted ...

Is QATAR 2022 a Recipe for Social and Political Disaster?

THE 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar has been dogged by controversy ever since it was awarded by FIFA years ago. From allegations of corruption in the bidding process, to ...

Vale Danny Frawley – Beating The Black Dog – Ludo Aequitas

MENTAL illness knows no bounds. It does not discriminate. At least 1 in 5 people will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lifetime, perhaps even higher. With ...

Ban The “Squirrel Grip” In Sport – Ludo Aequitas

SPORT exists so that human beings can express their most primitive aggressive impulses in a manner that is psychologically and socioculturally acceptable by the masses. Occasionally, there is the example ...

No Cure For Racism In Sport? – Try Ludo Aequitas

ONCE again, the reprehensible issue of racism in sport has made the headlines. Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, became the third player in a week in the English Premier League ...

Mass Violence and Sport: Alejandro Bedoya

ALEJANDRO Bedoya did something extraordinary recently. A professional soccer player born in New Jersey, raised in Montreal of Colombian heritage. Bedoya was so overcome with his own anger about the ...

The Fist Bump Breaking Down Barriers In Sport

IT has often been said that “A picture says a thousand words.” Never has this statement been more true than the recent photograph showing the emotional bonding between Orlando Pride ...

Equal Pay For Equal Work – Sport And Equality

THE recent conclusion of the successful women’s football World Cup in France has re-ignited an important issue in world sport – that of equal prize money for women and men ...

Big Brother Unwelcome At AFL Games

The current conflict between the fan and administration in Australian Rules Football has all the hallmarks of an Orwellian post-apocalyptic society…except it’s happening here and now. The issue at hand ...

Prince William and Mental Health

Mental health is a major health issue for the general population. Up to one in five people can expect to experience a mental disorder in the course of their lives. ...