Concussion in Professional Team Sports: Time for a Harmonised Approach? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

The risk of athletes sustaining concussion while participating in professional team sports raises two serious concerns both nationally and internationally. First, concussion in sport carries a public health risk, given that injured athletes may have to deal with significant long-term medical complications, with some of the worst cases resulting in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Secondly, sports governing bodies are now exposed to the risk of financial and reputational damage as a consequence of legal proceedings being filed against them. A good example of this, among many other recent examples, is the case of the United States of America's National Football League (NFL), the governing body for American football, which, in 2015, committed to pay US$ 1 billion to settle the class action filed by its former professional players. This book examines how to most efficiently reduce these public health and legal risks, and proposes a harmonised solution across sports and legal systems.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Alexandra Veuthey
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-981-15-1978-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Sports injuries & medicine Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Torts / delicts
LSN:	981-15-1978-1
Barcode:	9789811519789

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