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The Knowledge Bank is a collection of articles from a wide variety of professional and academic sources.

We welcome new contributions to the collection. Please contact us at info@playthegame.org with your suggestions and articles.

 


 

 

Sports migration from South to North

30 November 2005

Marie-Hélène Pedneau speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the thirld world muscle drain, also known as ‘brawn drain’. She shares the results of her thesis research on “Sport Labor Migrations from the Southern countries to the...[more]



Sport as a life saver

30 November 2005

Young people from indigenous cultures - societies which did not until recently have a history and culture of suicide - set alarming records of suicide. These young people could be helped through sport. Colin Tatz provides us with...[more]



Sport for All in the Third World Reality or Not?

30 November 2005

Terry Monington speaks at the Play the Game 2005 conference the prospect of making sport available for all in third world countries in the contect of international politics.[more]



Shared Goals Sport and Business in Partnerships for Development

30 November 2005

Joe Phelan speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the role of business in developmental issues related to sport. Sport is an excellent vehicle for business partnerships in development and  Business can add value to sport and...[more]



Rescuing sport from itself

30 November 2005

Words of welcome by Jens Sejer Andersen, Director, Play the Game, at Play the Game 2005: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly[more]



Politization of the Body: A Case Study on Turkish Athlete Surryya Ayhan

30 November 2005

Does a top athlete's body belong to him- or herself? Or does it belong to the whole nation? Olcay Canbulat speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the athlete being an object of desire for national and political success and...[more]



Organizing Sports Around the Working Place

30 November 2005

Scandinavian countries are internationally known for their particular development of company sport. This is linked to the dynamics of Nordic welfare society and political concern about ‘public health’[more]



Olympic Games in Copenhagen: Illusion, Reality ... or Necessity?

30 November 2005

Lars Bernhard Jørgensen adresses the importance of the Olympic game and the reasons why cities like Copenhagen are so eager to host the games.[more]



Not Just Couch Potatoes - The Viewers' Complex Motivation to Watch TV Sport

30 November 2005

Danish Institute for Sports Studies presents their models for sports television viewing and examins the viewers' motivation factors for chosing television content regarding sports shows and programs.[more]



New rules of conduct - Doping after Festina

30 November 2005

Have the attitudes to and the use of performance enhancing drugs amongst professional cyclists changed since 1998?[more]



More Talk, Less Drugs

30 November 2005

In early fall 2003, a new ”Designer steroid”, the first new substance since recombinant Eythropoetin and human Growth Hormone in the late 1980’s, THG, hit the market. Rasmus Damsgaard presents research on this performance...[more]



Major Sporting events: Are they worth the money?

30 November 2005

Huge sporting events are a break from every day life. But they are expensive. Event organisers understimate the costs and exaggerate the revenues for the event and for the host country, says Harry Arne Solberg of the Trondheim...[more]



In the wake of the ISL collapse

30 November 2005

This is the story of an earthquake. It is the story of the collapse of the former marketing giant ISL/ISMM which was for decades the leader in the Olympic world – and in the world of football. It is also a story of curious legal...[more]



Improving Governance TopDown and BottomUp Strategies

30 November 2005

Professor Christine Oughton, Director, Football Governance Research Centre, speaks about strategies and corporate governance in football. She discusses the commercialisation of football and the paradox of rising revenues and...[more]



Humanistic Olympics: Where will it lead to

30 November 2005

Read about the Beijing 2008 Olympics and learn more about the current social conditions in China.[more]



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