Rachel Corbett was appointed as the Commonwealth Games Team Ombudsperson in June 2010. Unlike in prior years, for these games the position was a joint appointment of AthletesCAN, Coaches of Canada and the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada. And instead of being only an athlete advocate, the Ombudsman was available to be an advocate for [...]
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Rachel Corbett’s XIX Commonwealth Games Ombudsblog
In the fall of 2010, Rachel Corbett (co-founder of the Sport Law & Strategy Group) spent about a month in Delhi, India as a member of Team Canada at the Commonwealth Games. Appointed as Team Ombudsperson, her role was to be available to any team member who might need help or support because of doping, [...]
The Mini-Trial: A Concept Whose Time Has Come?
By Rachel Corbett. If you google “mini-trial’ you will get several hundred thousand ‘hits’ telling you that a mini-trial is a form of alternative dispute resolution that promotes the resolution of disputes in ways that are less costly, time-consuming and acrimonious. The British Columbia Attorney General’s office describes a mini-trial as follows: “A mini-trial is [...]
Centre for Sport and Law Assists Amateur Athletes Across Canada
With a few exceptions, clients organizations come to the Centre for Sport and Law without a clear ideas of what they want or need. All they know is that they have a problem. The Centre for Sport and Law is a small company of four professionals who work exclusively in the Canadian amateur sport community. [...]
Diagnosing Disputes
This winter we have been teaching a new course at Brock University on negotiation skills for sport managers. We have structured the course around two themes: negotiating the dispute and negotiating the deal. The same techniques are used in both pursuits, and we think that these skills are critical for all sport leaders, including coaches. [...]
Resolving Disputes Through Negotiation
Over the years of writing this column, it is clear that nearly every aspect of a coach’s work has some underlying legal element. We have written about the coach’s obligations to maintain a safe environment and to make decisions fairly, and in more recent years, we have touched on a broad range of topics including [...]
Book Review – Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (1999)
In the Knowing the Law column in the last issue of Coaches Report , we observed that the most pressing issue that coaches appear to be facing today are related to their communications, conflicts and negotiations with others. If this observation is accurate, then this is a must-read book for all coaches. Written by the [...]
