Business of Sport: netball saga reveals blinding hypocrisy of Aussie sport

Business of Sport: netball saga reveals blinding hypocrisy of Aussie sport
Diamond Donnell Wallam is a match-winner with a conscience. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
Wow, it’s been quite a week in Australian netball circles – and for revealing the antediluvian attitudes of many sports administrators, corporate companies and so-called ‘fans’ across the ditch.I’ve never quite seen a story like the Hancock Prospecting-Australian Diamonds sponsorship saga. And I stand with the Diamonds on this one.Lang Hancock was a despicable human being. His daughter, Gina Rinehart, who now runs the giant mining company he founded, is equally unlikeable and disingenuous and tried to take over the...

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