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Australian Football League To Overhaul Laws Of The Games Committee05 / 17 / 13The Australian Football League "has proposed an overhaul of the Laws of the Games Committee," with the league's new football operations Manager Mark Evans "having detected club disenchantment with the rules process," according to Caroline Wilson of THE AGE. Club CEOs departed Thursday's CEOs meeting... |
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News Corp. Seals $2B Australia TV Deal
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Cricket Australia Could Go Day-Night
Cricket Australia "welcomed the prospect" of day-night Tests following a decision by the sport's governing body that "paves the way for the long form of the game to be played under lights," according to the AP. The Int'l Cricket Council announced on Monday that Test-playing nations "can now agree to ...
ARLC Releases Five-Year Plan, Logo
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Australian Sports Rights Skyrocket
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