Playing with the rules: Influences on the development of regulation in sport

The Distribution of Power through a Media Campaign: The Respect Program, Referees, and Abuse in Association Football

“…There is evidence of umpires at matches even outside of the public schools (Harvey, 2001), but although the games were regulated and controlled by referees they varied greatly in the level of violence they provoked (Harvey, 2005). The primary growth in organized, regional fixtures, as opposed to folk football (Goulstone, 2000) was due to the increased gambling on sporting fixtures, which necessitated an arbitrator to apply the laws that had been developed, although in the 1890s referees were being assaulted as a type of retribution by these gamblers who had wagered unsuccessfully on the outcome of a match (Vamplew, 1980;Vamplew, 2007), with referees subjected to forms of abuse at most levels of the game from 1900 to 1910 (Inglis, 1988;Taylor, 2008;Vamplew, 1988).…”

Sport-Related Neurotrauma and Neuroprotection: Are Return-to-Play Protocols Justified by Paternalism?

“…football is played with a ball shaped like a prolate spheroid with pointed ends, the field is 100 yards long, play begins at the line of scrimmage, etc.) and players by definition must play by those rules if they are playing football [52,53]. Other rules are regulatory, e.g.…”

Australian Sport History: From the Founding Years to Today

“…[15] After returning to the UK in 1993 Vamplew developed four areas of inquiry Á sport and alcohol consumption, [16] the establishment and purposes of sport museums, [17] the impact of weather and climate on sport, [18] and the impact of rules changes on sport over time. [19] These are topics that could be usefully explored in an Australian context. Finally, it is important to acknowledge that Wray Vamplew served as either president of ASSH or editor of Sporting Traditions for a number of years, and fittingly was guest editor of the special issue 'Commemorating 30 years of ASSH Conferences' (2007).…”