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Always test before you commit: that’s what my mum used to say. Well, here’s your opportunity to read some articles before you decide to join up to the Gold Medal Club. Here you will get an opportunity to learn a few things about sports law and risk management.
All the articles are written in plain English, with no gooble-de-gook, and have some zany examples to illustrate important points.
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Michael Smyth
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A Duty of Care: A Case Study in Rugby
The new season kicked off with the coaches gathering to relive the highs and lows of the previous season, and to decide on who would coach which team, when and how weigh-in will take place, and what nights and on what fields teams would practice on. The local union representative was introduced and for the remainder of the meeting he shared video and a print copy (for all coaches) of the Rugby Smart document. Discussion techniques associated with tackling, scrummaging was emphasized for injury prevention. It was a good evening, and coaches left the clubrooms excited about the up-coming season.
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Female athletes - Male Coaches: Male Athletes - Female Coaches
The Seattle Times (Washington, USA) recently (December, 2003) uncovered the results of a year long investigation into the relationship between female student-athletes and their male coaches. The Times report stretched over four days and showed some disturbing results for schools and parents.
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Protecting the Consequences of Legal Liability
Our experience with a number of national sporting organisations and numerous clubs and event organisers has given us a unique focus into the many issues and the corporate governance issues facing sporting organisations today. Our advice is “do it right” because if not, the next headline could be at the expense of your organisation.
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Health and Safety in sport: do you understand your legal liabilities?
Have you ever heard of the Health and Safety in Sport Act? If not, that’s because it doesn’t actually go by that name, rather, it is called the Heath and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (The HSE Act). With paid professionals now becoming more common in the sporting arena it may not seem that surprising if I told you that the HSE Act had implications in sport. But what if I told you that its ambit went far beyond the bounds of professional sport and has far reaching implications in amateur sport? Click
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Do you want to be sued for Discrimination or for not taking proper care?
Discrimination case raises questions over risk management
A recent anti-discrimination decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Australia raises a dilemma for supervisors of junior sport.
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A Case for Game Management
John accompanied his parents to watch his older brother Sam play in a rugby match held at the Sunnyview (fictitious) Intermediate School grounds last Saturday morning. As for many 8 year-olds, watching the older boys play soon became tiresome and the school’s adventure playground looked increasingly more attractive. Eventually John’s parents gave into his requests and let John wander over to join the other youngsters playing on the structures. Click
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Is Your Sporting Event Going to Land You in Hot Water?
Where Astrid Andersen went wrong
NB This Article predates the Court of Appeal decision quashing the conviction
In August 2003 in New Zealand, Astrid Andersen, organiser of the 1999 Le Race cycling event was fined $10,000 for criminal nuisance and racked up a legal bill of $62,000 defending herself before the courts. Her crime? She failed to adequately brief competitors in the event which, it was shown, put competitors lives, including that of Vanessa Caldwell, in danger. Are your race briefings watertight?
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Gym Owners: Can You Afford to Ignore the Health and Safety Revolution?
If you are a gym owner, when was the last time you put your gym through a fitness assessment? You advise your customers to have fitness assessments every 6-8 weeks, but how does your gym rate for fitness? Is it as safe for your customers and staff as it should be? Click
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