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RACHEL CORBETT NAMED AS TEAM OMBUDSPERSON, COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Rachel Corbett, co-founder of the Centre for Sport and Law, has been appointed as the Team Ombudsperson for the Canadian Team, competing at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, in October 2010. The appointment was recently announced by Commonwealth Games Canada, in association with AthletesCAN and Coaches of Canada. Rachel joins 48 other Mission Staff members, supporting a team of over 260 athletes and nearly 100 coaches. |
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Legal Issues in Sport: Tools and Techniques for the Sport Manager
Rachel Corbett, Hilary Findlay and David Lech
Emond Montgomery Publications Limited, 2008 (259 pages)
ISBN 978-1-55239-160-0
This text fills the need for an accessible book covering the issues faced by those working in any sport management capacity. There are many legal principles that a sport manager must understand and apply on a daily basis. With a strong Canadian focus, this book presents a broad range of issues and cases, tied together with practical application of essential legal theory in the sport context. Covering everything from contracts to risk management, doping to violence, negligence to tribunals, and much more, this will be a welcome resource for practicing sport managers as well as students at colleges and university.
This book was reviewed by Joanne MacLean in the Winter 2009 Issue of Coaches Plan.
To view the table of contents, click here. For more information or to order a copy, contact the publisher directly.
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