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Rank    Name   Position   Last Year   Prediction

1    Michael Clarke   Australian cricket captain   9   
NEUTRAL
2    Andrew Demetriou   AFL chief executive   1   
NEUTRAL
3    John Grant   ARL Commission chairman   5   
NEUTRAL
4    David Gyngell   CEO, Nine Network   3   
NEUTRAL
5    Kim Williams   CEO, News Limited   4   
POSITIVE
6    Kate Lundy   Minister for Sport   14   
NEUTRAL
7    Michael Hawker   ARU chairman   -   
NEUTRAL
8    Patrick Delany   CEO, Fox Sports   15   
POSITIVE
9    Frank Lowy   FFA chairman   6   
NEUTRAL
10    Bill Pulver   CEO, ARU   -   
NEUTRAL
11    John Lawler   CEO, Australian Crime Commission   -   
NEUTRAL
12    Dave Smith   CEO, ARL Commission   -   
NEUTRAL
13    David Gallop   CEO, FFA   8   
NEUTRAL
14    Robbie Deans   Wallabies coach   22   
NEUTRAL
15    Richard Freudenstein   CEO, Foxtel   11   
NEGATIVE
16    Mike Fitzpatrick   AFL Commission chairman   18   
NEUTRAL
17    Stephen Conroy   Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy   13   
NEUTRAL
18    Eddie McGuire   President, Collingwood Football Club   16   
NEGATIVE
19    James Sutherland   CEO, Cricket Australia   17   
POSITIVE
20    John Inverarity   Chairman, cricket selection panel   -   
NEUTRAL
21    Ian Frykberg   Managing director, International Sports Television   19   
NEUTRAL
22    Peter V'landys   CEO, Racing NSW   20   
POSITIVE
23    Gillon McLachlan   Deputy CEO, AFL   -   
POSITIVE
24    James Erskine   Chairman, Sports & Entertainment Limited   21   
NEUTRAL
25    Aurora Andruska   CEO, ASADA   -   
NEUTRAL
26    Simon Hollingsworth   CEO Australian Sports Commission   -   
NEUTRAL
27    Shane Warne   Retired cricketer   12   
NEGATIVE
28    Saul Shtein   Head of Sport, Seven Network   -   
NEUTRAL
29    Alessandro Del Piero   Sydney FC star   -   
NEUTRAL
30    Nick Politis   Chairman, Sydney Roosters   23   
NEUTRAL
31    Steve Crawley   Head of sport, Nine Network   24   
NEUTRAL
32    Sally Pearson   Olympic gold medallist   -   
NEUTRAL
33    Wayne Bennett   Seven-time premiership-winning NRL coach   26   
NEUTRAL
34    Paul Roos   Former AFL coach   -   
NEUTRAL
35    Gai Waterhouse   Horse trainer, businesswoman   28   
POSITIVE
36    Black Caviar   Champion racehorse   29   
NEGATIVE
37    Holger Osieck   Socceroos coach   30   
NEUTRAL
38    Anna Meares   Olympic gold medallist   -   
NEUTRAL
39    Craig Tiley   Director of tennis, Tennis Australia   33   
NEUTRAL
40    Kevin Sheedy   Greater Western Sydney coach   34   
NEGATIVE
41    Israel Folau   Rugby player, former AFL and NRL star   35   
POSITIVE
42    Mark Webber   Formula One driver   36   
NEUTRAL
43    Patrick Smith   Senior sports columnist, The Australian   46   
NEUTRAL
44    Cadel Evans   Tour de France winner   39   
NEUTRAL
45    Bart Cummings   Horse trainer   40   
NEUTRAL
46    John Fahey   President of the World Anti-Doping Agency   41   
POSITIVE
47    Cameron Smith   Captain, Melbourne Storm, Queensland, Australia   45   
POSITIVE
48    Caroline Wilson   Senior AFL writer, Fairfax   -   
NEUTRAL
49    Phil Rothfield   Daily Telegraph sports editor-at-large   49   
NEUTRAL
50    John Coates   President, Australian Olympic Committee   7   
POSITIVE

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Predicted to increase influence in 2013

Negative
Predicted to decrease influence in 2013

Neutral
Predicted to have no change of influence in 2013

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Edited by Joffa: 22/5/2013 09:49:32 PM

Edited by Joffa: 22/5/2013 10:00:05 PM

This list loses all credibility when it said that Holger Osieck was influential.

How so? Holger is directly responsible for the Socceroos' performances and therefore the national interest in football as a code for a large majority of Australia.

how is tinkler not on that list

How is the ARU Chairman rated as more influential than the FFA Chairman?

Being from Melbourne it may be a difficult concept to understand, but the pull that the ARU has will GPS high schools and high profile 'old boys' is quite significant.

Many big wigs in Australia's corporate sector are big rugby union fans. It's hard to describe, if anyone else from NSW or Queensland wants to help me out here, feel free :lol:

Who wrote this list exactly? A monkey with a crayon?

AJohn is a dick timewaster, don't even bother.