Luke Bould on importance of getting kids involved in sport for long term sustainability
Listen to Luke and Sports Geek host Sean Callanan discuss the evolution of the sports industry and the importance of participation in driving fandom and lifetime value.
On this podcast you’ll learn about:
- How Luke got his start in in the music industry
- Why Luke was drawn to sports and how much disruption sports has faced last 20 years
- Luke and Sean compare athletics careers (it’s a very short section of the interview)
- How cricket solidified it’s playing base with a participation program run nationally
- What was it like at Cricket Australia in the early days of Big Bash?
- What Luke learned about the football industry at FFA.
- The opportunities and challenges facing football in Australia
- Why participation needs to be a key strategy for sports & governments
- How data and technology is driving massive change in sports both in consumption and participation
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🏏📽️Some of the action from a successful USA Cricket Talent ID Event for Women and Girls in North Carolina🙌
Just one trial remains in Seattle, Washington
More details➡️: https://www.usacricket.org/media-release/usa-cricket-announces-women-and-girls-talent-id-events-on-west-coast/
alacria talks rugby: What Rugby Australia is weighing up in broadcast talks. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/you-can-t-just-bank-your-dollars-what-rugby-australia-is-weighing-up-in-broadcast-talks-20201019-p566fe.html
The solution lies in bringing soccer programs to low-income communities, and high quality local play, as opposed to cherry-picking and scholarshipping talent for clubs in the burbs. https://sports.yahoo.com/the-privilege-of-play-why-the-worlds-game-is-a-white-game-in-the-us-150024228.html
Two years to go today until the @FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tips off in Sydney. Lots of hard work ahead, but a really talented team has come together to ensure a wonderful event and enduring legacy for Australian basketball and women’s sport. Can’t wait!!
Thankful for the opportunity to update 90 nations on Australia’s sports diplomacy program @expo2020dubai we look forward
to highlighting the unifying power of sports to promote gender equality, disability inclusion, social cohesion & healthy lifestyles #SDG3 #DFAT #GdayExpo2020