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."
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Finding the Courage to Change
Kindness must exist in sport because sporting clubs are at the heart and soul of Australian communities. Sport has the ability to provide the perfectplatform to facilitate cultural change and our leaders at the forefront needto lead by example.
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Club Respect launching at AAMI Park!
5 September 2018: Club Respect is a practical website designed for sports clubs of all shapes and sizes to reduce violent and abusive behaviour. Whether you are a coach, a player, a spectator, club president or parent, Club Respect provides you with simple strategies to make a positive impact. Pass it on.
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Sport has been driving community development for generations of Australians
βYouβre starting on the bench today,β said my Under-11βs soccer coach on a cold and windy Sunday in 1994. I didnβt end up playing at all that game and it was freezing. Maybe I shouldβve tried harder at the training session leading up to match day?
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Collingwood’s ‘Do Better’ report: 6 practical take-aways for grassroots sports clubs
Respect is the key. It helps unlock your ability to understand the lived experiences of others around you, to sense and appreciate the pain that comes from being belittled and racially put-down. This has to be genuine effort. Being defensive and combative makes it hard to reach the understandings that matter.
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Squeezing out bad behaviour from the sidelines
A question I've been asking myself recently is: who is ultimately responsible for removing a person who relentlessly abuses from the sidelines week-in, week-out?
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Sport at the crossroads
Sport at the crossroads: Rugby League’s cultural shift
Whether we want to believe it or not, so much of how we view the game is by someone telling us how weβre viewing it and seeing it. If the commentators switched to neutrality or positivity, then over a small period of time, people would naturally think positively or neutrally about refereeing.
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Sportβs ugly blind spot β abuse of officials: The endgame
The outbreaks of violence against referees often sit at the tip of a pyramid of a dehumanisation process, in which an official is tarred with unchallenged labels that erode their authority. Once their integrity is undermined, it triggers an environment that encourages verbal or physical abuse.
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A line in the sand for match officials: Q&A with Cameron Tradell (Part 2)
I genuinely see sport as its own ecosystem with regard to leading society. It's like a hotbed or a heightened example of where human interaction gets put to the test, where you've got people βpassionateβ, about their sport, under fatigue and under pressure. All in a short timeframe, with the expectation or pressure to win. There is a really good window in sport to show how we should act in wider society.