Articles – Ludo Aequitas

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. ...

Free Speech Or Hate Speech – Israel Folau, Sport And Religion

When does free speech become hate speech? When do religious views become discriminatory? Does voicing such views publicly deserve dismissal from a workplace? The current controversy surrounding rugby union player ...

Racism In Football – A Worldwide Problem

Racism in sport is, unfortunately, nothing new. In the world of English football, it has been a problem for decades, despite multiple attempts, programs and initiatives to eliminate it from ...

Tayla Harris – Sexism At Its Worst

If there was any doubt as to our evolutionary origins, then the Neanderthal reaction to Aussie Rules footballer Tayla Harris confirms our primitive, sexist and discriminatory attitudes at their ...

Transgender and Intersex Issues In Sport

Ludo Aequitas notes the current debate surrounding transgender issues in sport. This is a biological, psychological and moral conundrum, where society decides what constitutes equality for all concerned. What defines ...

TOBACCO ADVERTISING AND SPORT – MARRIAGE OR DIVORCE

Ludo Aequitas was intrigued to learn that McLaren has become the latest Formula One team to announce a deal with British American Tobacco, to promote its “reduced risk products.” The ...