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sports governing body

vr.tr.sports-governing-body · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain the role and structure of sports governing bodies, identify the body for a sport and country, describe rules, governance and accountability, and support questions on licensing and disputes.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the role and structure of sports governing bodies, identify the body for a sport and country, describe rules, governance and accountability, and support questions on licensing and disputes.

An organisation that regulates and administers a sport or group of sports at national, regional or international level, setting rules, sanctioning competitions, licensing athletes and officials, enforcing discipline and anti-doping rules and representing the sport, such as international federations, national federations and sports commissions; governing bodies are usually associations recognised by the Olympic movement or national sports authorities.

What it is for: Administration and regulation of sport.

It can be identify the governing body for a sport; explain its powers and structure; describe governance and accountability; explain licensing and disputes.

Distinguishing features

Regulatory role

Federated structure

Recognition-based authority

Disciplinary powers

What it looks like

Not physical; associations, federations and commissions.

How it is recognised

Sets rules and sanctions competitions

Federation structure

Clubs and leagues are members or licensees, not governing bodies

Related models

is a kind of - category

umbrella organization

is a kind of - category

sports organization

governs - an example of a sanctioned competition

Belgian Pro League

is related to - organised events

Pan American championship

In practice

Families and kinds

international federations

continental confederations

national federations

regional and constituent-nation federations

sports commissions and councils

Standards and regulation

Olympic Charter and recognition rules

World Anti-Doping Code

Good governance codes for sport

Failure modes and hazards

Corruption and governance failures

Conflicts of interest

Inadequate athlete safeguarding

Also called

National Sports Federation of SpainFrench National Sports FederationAndorran National Sports governing bodyCatalan sports federationformer sports governing bodysports commissionorienteering associationgymnastics associationthrowing sports federationteam sports federationball game federationair sports federationboard game federationmind sports federationindividual sports federationbudō federationstrength sports federationcontact sport federationLGBT sports organizationinline hockey federationTaekwondo Association of NepalCounty Cricket Boardgolf federationfencing federationtraditional sports associationmadrid sports federationGalician Sports FederationAragonese sports governing bodyregional sports governing bodynational sports governing bodyFederación Deportiva Valencianaregional sports federation of the Basque CountryBalearic sports federationCastile and Leon Sports Federationpigeon associationequestrian federationfootball governing bodynetball federationNational Paralympic Committeeassociation football federation

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identify Which body.

Lookup.

Which

Body for a sport.

Which

Lookup.

  1. Which body governs this sport in this country or internationally, and how is it recognised? provenance
  2. Which entry fits it? action

Structure

Federation structure.

Structure

Structure.

  1. How are international, continental, national and regional bodies related? definition
  2. How do constituent nations such as Catalonia or Wales fit in? provenance
Powers What bodies do.

Functions.

Rules

Rules and competitions.

Rules

Rules.

  1. How does the governing body set rules, sanction competitions and license participants? definition
  2. How are rule changes decided? provenance

Discipline

Discipline and doping.

Discipline

Discipline.

  1. How do disciplinary and anti-doping procedures work, and how can decisions be appealed? provenance
  2. Is the user involved in a specific case, which needs proper representation? boundary
Governance Accountability.

Good governance.

Standards

Governance standards.

Standards

Standards.

  1. Which good governance principles apply to sports bodies, and how is compliance assessed? provenance
  2. What are documented governance failures? provenance

Safeguarding

Athlete welfare.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding.

  1. Which safeguarding and athlete welfare duties do governing bodies have? provenance
  2. How can concerns be reported? provenance
Engage Working with bodies.

Practical.

Licence

Licences and affiliation.

Licence

Licensing.

  1. How does an athlete, coach or club obtain a licence or affiliate with the governing body? provenance
  2. Which fees and insurance apply? provenance

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did governing bodies for this sport develop, and which former bodies existed? provenance
  2. How is the sport funded through them? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each federation be a separate entry?
  • How should federation directories be linked?
  • How should governance codes be linked?
Draft as JSON