How do sport and money mix? Like oil and water. It’s such a difficult balance to get right; sports can generate enormous turnover and need the cash to support development and pay the players. But if you go too far, you lose sight of the public and the ethic. So it’s turning out for Fifa, despite a fabulous world cup. Talk about an own goal!
Merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen discuss this issue, and its much less benign distant cousin, war. Is any consideration being given to the possibility that the conflict between Iran and the US will go on for years, as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia have done? And what’s behind it all? Listen UP!
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- PODCAST: ‘ListenUP!’ – the meaning of sport
- PODCAST: ‘ListenUP!’ – South Africa’s three biggest problems, right now
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