Playing By The Rules

“Leaving it all on the pitch” is not just a mantra; it’s an attitude. It’s a commitment to your club and teammates that nothing will go to waste and that every ounce of energy will be spent on gunning for victory over the opposition. That is sport.

All well and good, but as anyone who has been involved in running or organising a sport’s club will know that competitive edge, that instinct to win, that need to be one-nil up can spill over not just into the changing rooms but the boardrooms too.

Like many organisation, sports clubs, governing bodies and competition organisers are made up of passionate and enthusiastic people, but all too often that passion leads to disagreement, disagreement leads to conflict and conflict can ultimately lead to disputes and litigation. Within the sporting context this is all the more likely where clubs, leagues or pisions etc compete as much off the field as on the field.