Administrators - What to do next
10 December 2008
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If your sport is potentially affected by this issue (e.g., football):
- request your state or national sporting organisation develop a policy and guidelines on this issue
- provide any girl and her parents with this information and use the guidelines to help you determine what to do
- understand that even with guidelines each request should be treated on its individual merits.
- inform all team members of any inherent risk in playing the sport. If it’s a contact sport, explain the nature of the contact and the risk of injury to both the players and the parents/guardians of the players and have them sign a consent form.
If girls play on boys teams you need to consider:
- having at least one adult female at games – this should be essential for away games and overnight trips
- instituting arrangements for sharing toilets and change room facilities.
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