
Issue No 4		12 March 1999

Letters to the Editor

League Mustn't Die

By Ray Marcelo

Comrades

If the League is a crumbling empire, there's a drastic need to make a distinction between the administration of the Sport and the game itself.

Peter Lewis' article was spot-on to highlight the distance between the high flying salaries and attitudes of several NRL clubs and players and the grinding, welded on passion of footy supporters.

But it's no excuse to say the Game has lost it. This simply hastens the rot and entrenches feelings of lost loyalties and disillusionment.

If the game reflects income inequality in the real world, where money, power, talent and resources gets concentrated then the alternative is to support those teams whose continuing existence will remind footy believers that there are values worth defending. Teams like Wests, Balmain and Souths.

These are teams who don't have the Stars, who have to struggle along the terms of the modern game, and yet persevere. Isn't this the daily reality of many working people's lives?

Let's get behind the teams and the players who will make the difference, because they ARE the difference between a hyper inflated sport and a great game.

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Issue 4 contents

Interview: Jennie George - Eyeing 2000
The ACTU President looks to the future and erects a few new signposts for her last 12 months in office and beyond.

Unions: Trade Unions Thinking Globally
How do you put people first in a global economy? That's the question for an international trade union conference in Sydney this week.

History: The Pioneers: Trade Unions Before 1850
Labour historian Greg Patmore looks at the early days of unions in Australia

Review: Opening Spaces For a New Labor
A new book by Sydney academic McKenzie Wark looks at how Labor must adapt to the popular culture.

Campaign Diary: On The Bus - A Tale Of Two Campaigns
As the State election campaign moves into full swing, Workers Online looks at how the management of the media by the two main parties is reflecting their strategies.

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