Does the commercialisation of sport put profits before player safety, and what are the implications for children?
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17.30-19.00, Thursday 27 November 2014
Perrin Lecture Theatre, Blizard Building, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT
Prof Allyson Pollock's recently published book, ‘Tackling rugby: what every parent should know about injuries’, raises the question as to why successive governments have failed to collect good data on injury in children, and highlights the high risks of injury associated with contact sports.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which the UK government has been a signatory since 1991, says that "governments must take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment … while in the care of parents or any other person who has the care of the child".
Is the UK government in dereliction of this duty for having failed both to monitor injuries in children and to put in place the necessary measures to prevent them?
The panel will bring together expert witnesses, doctors, coaches, referees, and media experts who will contribute to debate, and with the audience discuss actions and solutions.
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