Soccer grows as participation in other sports falls in Australia

The CSIRO has put some of its considerable resources into studying the future of Australian sport...... very interesting on what we are as a nation doing... 

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/soccer-grows-as-participation-in-other-sports-falls-in-australia/1172948

Soccer grows as participation in other sports falls in Australia (Credit: ABC) 

The study is being conducted by the Australian Sports Commission in partnership with the CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Sport.

Dr Stefan Hajkowicz is the theme leader of CSIRO Futures, and he says the team looked at six major "mega-trends" that are going to reshape the sports landscape over the next thirty years.

Presenter:Geraldine Coutts

Speaker:Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, theme leader, CSIRO Futures

The article behind the above interview..

http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Partner/Futures/Future-of-Australian-Sport.aspx

Good to see! Thanx for the info.

On the downside it also brought out that violence is rising in outdoor soccer which is sad.