GUIDE TO ADMINISTRATIVE FAIR PLAY

The Guide to Administrative Fair Play (the “Guide”) was created by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) for the purpose of providing sport administrators with a reference to guide them in their roles as leaders of their respective organizations, with the specific objective to prevent or reduce the occurrence of sports-related disputes. The majority of the disputes arise between a sport organization and one or several of its members (athletes, coaches, officials, etc.), and the Guide makes analogies with the concepts of sportsmanship and fair play as they would apply in the office and in the boardroom. The Guide is organized as a twelve-part checklist where different administrative “fair play” elements are explored, expanded, and explained. Each element is assorted with a list of questions which suggest to sport administrators some of the best practices in management, as they should be applied specifically in the context of sport.