Does sport unite or divide us?

Australians love sport. It’s healthy, fun and brings the community together for a common goal. Or so we’re told. But what happens when our national obsession with sport causes division in the community? And who is left out of the game altogether? In this episode of Seriously Social, Emeritus Professor David Rowe explains how involvement in sport can be so contentious it has started a war while author and host of The Outer Sanctum podcast, Nicole Hayes, discusses the benefits to the wider community that occur when marginalised voices enter the conversation about sport.

Useful Links

• Honduras vs El Salvador: The football match that kicked off a war BBC News
• The day Cathy Freeman flew the flag and flagged the future The Sydney Morning Herald
• Australian Citizenship: Our common bond Department of Home Affairs
• Kick It Out
• Reclink