Violence, sport, the law and Paul O’Connell
O'Connell foresees legal action over incidents
JOHNNY WATTERSON
Sat, Oct 06, 2012
VIOLENCE IN SPORTS AND THE LAW: IRELAND AND Munster secondrow Paul O'Connell has said although he does not believe there is a problem with violence in sport, the conditioning and weight training undertaken by professional rugby players could lead to situations where they could be injured more easily.
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Written by
Jack Anderson
Jack Anderson is a Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne. He has published extensively on sports law, and most recently A Concise Introduction to Sports Law (Edward Elgar, 2024).
He is a member of World Athletics’ Disciplinary Tribunal and the integrity unit of the International Hockey Federation. He is an Ethics Commissioner for the International Tennis Federation and World Boxing. Jack is an arbitrator on Football Australia’s National Dispute Resolution Chamber, the National Sports Tribunal of Australia, and Sport Resolutions UK.
