Recently I was involved in a dispute that brought up an interesting quandary around medical and health privacy issues for sporting organisations. On one hand, the athlete in question had experienced some mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, that figured into the athlete’s performance and would have been useful for the organisation to know,
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Looking for assistance with your member protection policy? Reach out to our team here. Member protection is a key element in all sporting environments. As people involved in sporting organisations and associations it is our responsibility to promote safe and fair practices to protect members from discrimination, abuse, harassment, child protection issues or any
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For most sporting organisations, the topic of gender diversity and transgender inclusion in sports is an overdue one. With the treatment of gender diverse individuals and their inclusion in sport in the spotlight for a number of years now, it is time for sporting clubs, organisations and associations of all sizes to be proactive in
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From Good to Great Every sporting club or organisation has its own unique goals. What your club looks like now and what you want it to look like in the future may be vastly different. However many clubs don’t achieve the goals they set out to, pandemic aside. In your sporting club, organisation or
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Child protection in sport coaching is the responsibility of every individual involved in any sporting organisation. No parent, coach, board member or community member wants to wake up one day to learn that there needs to be an investigation into a coach’s or organisation’s conduct relating to child safety. Fortunately, there are some fundamental steps
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What to do when an athlete is charged with doping offences No sporting club, league, organisation or association is immune to their athletes engaging in doping. This article explores what to do in the event one of your athletes is charged with doping offences. We also explore the broad range of consequences that can
In our previous child safety article, we discussed the obligations of sports organisations to protect against child sex abuse under Victorian criminal and civil laws. This article will explore how sports organisations can prevent child abuse in their organisations by implementing Australia’s various Child Safe principles and policies, which were implemented in response to the
While head-high incidents and collisions are very common in Australian Rules football and rugby, a particular case has recently focused the attention of sports commentators and experts in Australian Rules football: Adelaide midfielder David Mackay’s unpunished “bump” (tackle), which left his opponent knocked out with a broken jaw. The reason this incident attracted so much
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For as long as there has been competitive sport, athletes have found themselves as public role models. With this comes the opportunity for some to leverage their profile and earn income from the many brands and companies that like to align their brands with fit, successful, prominent and up-and-coming athletes. Combine that with the explosion
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Whether you are involved in organising children’s sport, or you are a parent watching on from the sidelines, chances are you will have witnessed poor parent behaviour in some form. Poor sideline behaviour can vary from mild through to shocking, and it is such a concern that in Australia there are tens of thousands of
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