Australian Football League side Hawthorn President Andrew Newbold has "renewed his push to abolish the revenue-sharing tax, fearing it will reduce all clubs into a 'break-even' position." The introduction of the revenue tax this year will mean "power clubs" Hawthorn, Collingwood and West Coast will each tip in a maximum of A$500,000 ($388,300) to a collective pool, with a "handful of other clubs expected to follow, but on a sliding scale." Newbold said, "My real fear ... which is everyone's fear, I think I speak for everyone, but you are just reducing all the clubs to being break even. All you are doing is making it hard for Hawthorn and Collingwood and West Coast and these other clubs to make a profit" (THE AGE, 3/2). ... Five greyhound trainers "have been banned for life in the wake of the live baiting scandal that has engulfed the sport." Tom Noble, Tony McCabe, Debra Arnold, Reg Kay and James Harding "were all banned by the Racing Queensland board on Monday night, preventing them from owning, training or preparing a registered racing animal or attending Brisbane greyhound racecourses" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 3/2).
