“…The relationship between alcohol, sport and violence is well documented. Incidences of physical assault, rape and sexual assault have been documented, with sportsmen at all levels (from amateur, college through to professional athletes) being identified as perpetrators of violence against women (Fagan, 1993;Jasinski, 2001;Mewett & Toffoletti, 2008;Waterhouse-Watson, 2007. My own work on a much publicized series of allegations of sexual assault across several codes of football in Australia details the forms of "discrete subordination" of the women who are the victims of such crimes (Palmer, 2006).…”