Regulating unsanctioned violence in Australian sport: time for Vamplew 2.0?

Greenhow, Annette; Raj, Matthew

doi:10.1080/17430437.2019.1673736

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“…Apart from the funding of the NHMRC Committee and subsequent report in 1994 for the next two decades, the Australian Commonwealth Government adopted a “hands off” regulatory approach to the management of sport-related concussion (Greenhow, 2018 ). The AFL, as one of the sports noted in the NHMRC Report, continued to voluntarily and autonomously set, direct and control the regulatory responses to the issue within its sport with very little government interest from federal or state agencies.…”

Section: Sport-related Concussion As a Regulatable Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Two Sports, Two Systems, One Goal: A Comparative Study of Concussion Policies and Practices of the Australian Football League and Hockey Canada

Greenhow¹,

Doherty²

2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Concussion in sport is today regarded as both a public health issue and high profile injury concern in many contact and collision sports. This paper undertakes a comparative review of the current policies and practices of two high profile national sporting organisations of such sports—the Australian Football League (AFL) and Hockey Canada (HC)—in governing the issue as a regulatory concern. By examining the policies and practices of the AFL and HC, this study aims to identify common themes, divergent practices, and nuanced sport-specific approaches to develop understandings on the regulation and governance of this high profile sports injury. The paper aims to contribute to understanding concussion as a regulatory concern, while at the same time recognising the heterogeneity of sport and reinforcing nuanced understandings that align to specific social and cultural settings. We make recommendations based on regulatory and cultural legitimacy. The paper concludes that these NSOs are institutional actors with historical and cultural roots who assert regulatory legitimacy by steering and influencing behaviour and directing the regulatory agenda to manage and mitigate the harm associated with concussion.

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Section: Sport-related Concussion As a Regulatable Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%