Emmanuella Akurang
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LAWS 3903 A
Bridgette Desjardins
Saturday, October 17, 2020
In this paper, I will be analyzing how the law has impacted the sports period using my
own experience from organized sports in high school, as well as Rowan's law which was
implemented in March of 2018. Law is created within the sport to protect the current and future
players from injuries or worse. In this brief paper, I will discuss how long like Rowan’s law is
created in implemented to protect the athletes using three articles from their required rudeness I
will explain the last impact on sports on a small organization like Ontario high school sports and
loss impact on international sports.
I have played basketball and soccer since I was in grade 5 call mom up until grade 10, I
did not receive a concussion or broken bone spring ankle or spring wrist. Yes, I might have had
the occasional bruises and bumps but nothing that required me to be removed from the game
pain I remember when I was in grade nine, I went to watch my older sister play in one of her
rugby games. This game did not have a happy ending, because unfortunately, Rowan Stringer
got her third concussion that week in that game period the concussion that contributed to a brain
injury and death. I remember for a week after that my sis, my mom, my dad, and myself talked
about how there needs to be a concussion protocol put in place so that something like this does
not happen again. My parents start the coaches were to blame for allowing women to play the
game, I insisted that as a player myself if I got the chance to play the game I would no matter the
state I was in. I explained that no one was at fault but rather it was an unfortunate situation
caused by the lack of knowledge used to handle a concussion protocol.
About a year later I got my first concussion, halfway through a soccer game an opposing
player who was out of my sight tackle my period since I wasn't expecting it, I didn't brace
properly for the fall and hit my head. Although to me the fall was not bad enough to have me
sidelined, my coach took me out and said that I would not play until I saw a doctor. Which fits
the OCSB (Ottawa Catholic School Board) concussion policy of removing and injured at leave
from physical activity to avoid the possibility of re-injury during the healing process. The same
thing happened when I was pushed into a wall during a fast break layup less than six months
later during a basketball game. My coaches took me out of the game informed my parents as well
as my fitness teacher and other teachers. So that I could properly heal before engaging in mental
and physical activities.
If it were up to me, I would have played in the games posted but my coaches abided by
the policies and sat me out. Concussion protocols and policies like the one that the Ottawa
Catholic school board abide by can help influence the creation of laws like Rowan's law.
legislations like Rowan's law are designed to protect amateur athletes from and educate them
about concussions in head injuries(Gurovits, n.d., p. 46). Concussion protocol like the one that
the OCSB has can lead to the creation and implementation of legislation like Rowan's law. Since
Rowan's unfortunate incident the OCSB and the OCDSB (Ottawa-Carleton district school board)
have started taking concussions more seriously. Before the implementation of Rowan's law, the
legislation was made to inform and keep athletes safe, as well as prevent future injuries. In this
case regarding law influencing policy, which in turn impact sports period the creation of Rowan's
law was a result of the failure to properly follow policy or understand concussions. In this case,
sports influence the creation of the law, and in turn, this law will regulate a range of human
behaviors regarding concussions and head injuries for time to come(Berman et al., 2018, p. 237).
When it comes to sports on a global level, the impact of the law can be seen as lackluster,
this is a result of little international legislation that can be applied to sport(The Context of
Regulation of Governance, n.d., p. 37). This shows me that applying logic sport is done significantly
easier with smaller-scale organizations. That is not to say that law on an international level
cannot be applied to sports, because international law concerning spectator law, doping, matchfixing, and corruption are proof of the application of international law to sport on a global level.
What I found to be interesting was how international legislation to the application of support is
somewhat nonexistent. I found it interesting because I assumed international law to the
application of sport on a global level would be easy because of just how smoothly international
competition like FIFA and the Olympics run. But in actuality, it makes sense because creating
laws that govern small organizations like Ontario amateur sports is much easier than creating
laws to govern international sports on a global level that a lot of countries have to abide by.
Reference:
Berman, M. N., Gaffney, P., Kretchmar, S., Russell, J., & Schneider, A. (2018). Why sport illuminates’ law
(and vice versa). In New York Law School Law Review (Vol. 235, Issue 2).
https://heinonline.org/HOL/License
Gurovits, A. (n.d.). The sports law review.
The context of regulation of governance. (n.d.).
Response Paper 1 Rubric
points max.
earned points
Writing Quality and Style
Writing mechanics (spelling, grammar,
punctuation, etc.)
0
2
Paper structure (intro, body paragraphs,
conclusion) (paragraphs structured well, good
transitions between, etc)
Citations and bibliography
1
1
2
2
0.5
1
Engaging with course content (not just
summarizing)
2
3
Applying/connecting course content to paper
topic
2
3
Use of Course Content
3+ course readings cited in the text
Critical Thinking/ engagement
Does the topic of the paper and discussion within
the paper show that the student has engaged
meaningfully with course concepts?
1.5
Total
8
2
15