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1. Risk Management in Sport:
Issues and Strategies, 3rd Edition
Chapter 1
Introduction
Herb Appenzeller
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2. Risk Management in Sport
• There is diversity in sport in the 21st century.
• Issues involve more than contract disputes or allegations of
negligence.
• Litigation involves all who are associated with sport, from
Little League to professional sports.
• The key is diversity that has an impact on the sport industry.
• Risk management in the 21st century is a companion to sport
law.
• Risk management is important to protect participants from
injury and organizations from damaging lawsuits.
• From The Gym To The Jury, a sport law and risk management
newsletter indicates the scope of litigation and its enormous
awards.
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3. Sport Publications:
A Response to Sport Litigation
• SSLASPA—an organization for the legal aspects of sport is now
Sport Recreation Law Association (SRLA) lists the increase in
sport law publications.
• SRLA reports only 5 legal publications in the 1970s. Herb
Appenzeller had 3 of those publications: From The Gym to
The Jury, Athletics and the Law and Physical Education and the
Law.
• In the 1980s the number of sport law publications increased
to 43.
• In the 1990s law-related texts increased from 5 to 1970s to 89
texts. The increase was due to an accompanying number of
lawsuits.
• The 1990s also recorded texts dealing with risk management.
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4. The Rise of Sport Management
• In the 1970s risk management became a familiar term.
• Prior to 1970, risk management was associated with business,
insurance and the medical professions.
• As risk management becomes important preventing loss
exposure to the sport industry and safety is emphasized.
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5. Center for Sport Law
and Risk Management
• Ron Baron, a sport law attorney, created the Center for Sport
Law and Risk Management in Dallas, Texas.
• After years of sport law liability experience, Herb Appenzeller
joined the Center in 1983 and put theory into practice.
• The Center conducted risk assessments across the nation at
sport venues, colleges and universities and other sport
facilities.
• Risk management is essential to all sport programs to provide
necessary safety measures.
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6. The Importance of
Risk Management
• Accidents and injuries will occur even in the safest sport
programs.
• In too many instances, the sport administrator has given risk
management a low priority.
• According to Ron Baron, “risk management should help
administrators secure adequate insurance coverage, and
develop safe programs to protect all who are involved in the
operation of the sport.”
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7. The full set of PowerPoint slides is
available upon adoption.
Email bhall@cap-press.com
for more information.
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