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eNewsletter – The State of Play
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Global Resistance
Global resistance to referee abuse: The Referee Forum (U.K.)
Our guest is the man behind 'The Referee Forum', the internet's biggest and best independent resource for referees. He's an ordained minister and his website's hashtags #AbuseUsLoseUs and #NoRefLeftBehind sum up his muscular global advocacy for match officials, which includes challenging online trolls. It's great to catch up with Ant Canavan who joins us from England.
Global Resistance
Global resistance to referee abuse: Dr. Tom Webb (U.K.)
"We seem to have moved towards this dichotomy where it's acceptable for players and coaches and managers to make errors during the course of the game, but it's not acceptable for officials. Why is that?"
Sport at the crossroads
Sport at the crossroads: Aussie Rules’ (AFL) path to respect
For some, the lack of umpiring capability is the primary cause of abuse whilst for many, there is a ‘blame culture’ in which the players can make many mistakes in the game but umpires are not afforded the same luxury to make mistakes, learn and grow.
Global Resistance
Global resistance to referee abuse: Officially Human (U.S.A.)
"I'm telling you it's real. I'm in this space. I've been in it for 22 years. It is a real problem. And I want everybody in this room to think about it and think about solutions."
Sport at the crossroads
Sport at the crossroads: Cricket calling stumps on umpire abuse
Whilst umpiring in cricket at the international level is now a high-tech dance of ball tracking technology and player challenges influencing the outcome of decisions, at grassroots level, umpiring the game has remained essentially the same for centuries, with the captains crucial to maintaining the ‘the spirit of the game’ and a code of conduct governing player behaviour that crosses ‘the line’.
Sport at the crossroads
Sport at the crossroads: Netball leading the way
The incident begged the question. How did a professional sport get to the stage where respect is so deeply and intrinsically embedded, that criticising an umpire is considered a shock that upends the sport?
CR Journal
A line in the sand for match officials: Q&A with Cameron Tradell (Part 1)
So when I say a 'line in the sand moment', it means everything we do from now on as we move forward will be using this modern approach. It includes a multifaceted approach to 'let's not blame the victims’ and let's start to look at how we support people by placing things around them and pulling on the levers that currently exist.
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Smart Plays Ep. 3 transcript
In this episode, we speak with Aurélie Pankowiak and Mary Woessner who are the co-authors of a shocking research study into the prevalence of violence in grassroots community sport.