A Matter of Interpretation?
Being a referee or an umpire in sport today is no easy task. As most will know the respect that they used to command has been eroded. Some blame professionalism and the money now tied up in sport, but that
If…
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs” is the opening line and a half of the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. The end of that second line reads, “and blaming it on you.” There
A Level Paying Field
Whenever people refer to sporting contests the phrase ‘it must be an even playing field’ invariably pops up. Over the years the interpretation of the phrase has changed. It used to mean that the conditions for all contests and or
The Selection Policy
Sport is loved by many the world over. Yet how many people really know the sport they love? They may know individual teams, players or statistics and results from years gone by, but how many know how the sport is
It Takes Two to Quango
Recently in conversation with an elite athlete they asked a question that could not be answered. ‘We as athletes get judged on our performance, if we fail individually we get dropped from the squad or the elite program. If the
