The creation and regulation of sports equipment: implications for the future

Brown, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1506-9719 (2020) The creation and regulation of sports equipment: implications for the future. Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 18 (1). p. 8. ISSN 1748-944X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.16997/eslj.236

Abstract

From the swimsuit to the golf ball, innovators in the sports manufacturing industry have long sought to design the most developed and original sports equipment to help attain athletic excellence. However, the utilisation of this rapidly developing technology in the realm of sport has not been without controversy. Such equipment may have serious ramifications for fairness, innovation and the integrity of sport as a whole. This article considers these issues from a number of sporting perspectives: those of manufacturers, athletes (professional and disabled) and the safety of competitors in general. The article concludes by calling for more guidance on, and regulation of, novel sports equipment from both adjudicators and the various stakeholders in sport.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2023 09:01
Publisher:	University of Westminster Press
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article which appeared in Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, published by University of Westminster Press
Divisions:	Faculties > Business and Law
Subject terms:	18 Law and Legal Studies, 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
URI:	https://mmu-uat.leaf.cosector.com/id/eprint/631278
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.16997/eslj.236
ISSN	1748-944X
e-ISSN	1748-944X

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