NEW CODE OF CONDUCT ESTABLISHED FOR COMMUNITY SPORT
Source: Victoria. Minister for Sport and Recreation. Media Release
"Grassroots sporting associations will be required to take a zero tolerance approach to bad behaviour and crackdown on violence and ugly parent syndrome, by signing up to a new Victorian Code of Conduct for Community Sport or risk losing millions of dollars in funding. Sports Minister James Merlino said Victoria’s 16,000 community sporting clubs would need to comply with the accord, which sets strong standards for players, spectators and officials.“Victorians love their sport and our grassroots sporting clubs and associations play an integral role in ensuring communities are strong, happy, healthy and active,” Mr Merlino said.“The Victorian Government is a proud supporter of grassroots sport and in the past decade we have provided more than $210 million to the local clubs that are vital to our communities. But there is a small minority who overstep the mark and do the wrong thing. The Victorian Code of Conduct for Community Sport sends a loud and clear message – that bad behaviour, violence and intimidation has no place in community sport in our state."