Is Australian sport really in crisis?

Professor of Sport and Media, Steve Redhead, unpicks the recent ACC report on drugs and corruption in Australian sport, while shedding light on an even greater international issue that, for years, has been ignored.

The recently released Australian Crime Commission (ACC) report on the use of performance enhancing drugs and match fixing in Australian sport is seen by many as unveiling the largest scandal in our Nation’s otherwise very proud sporting history. But there are plenty of people who wish it would just go away as quickly as it arrived in the global media inbox. The report will now be acted on by the Federal government, senior police, governing bodies of various sports, and clubs themselves.