Journal article
Trans-Tasman Netball’s Import and Selection Rules: Let the Players Play
Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal, Vol.11(1), pp.123-152
2016
Abstract
In 2017, two new separate professional netball competitions were introduced in place of the abandoned ANZ Championship: the Australian National Netball League and the ANZ Premiership in New Zealand. This article explores the reasons for the change in trans-Tasman netball competitions, with particular focus on the notion of competitive balance and player movement. More specifically, the article examines the nature and effect of the import and selection rules in the 'old' and 'new' competitions and, in particular, whether the rules were or are restraints on the trade of players. In doing so, the article argues that the import and selection rules imposed by Netball New Zealand in the new New Zealand competition (but not by Australia in the National Netball League) restrict the employment of the professional netball players and create detrimental effects for players, and the public, in both Australia and New Zealand. This article argues that the restraints may not be reasonable and therefore void, having regard to the common law doctrine of restraint of trade.
Details
- Title
- Trans-Tasman Netball’s Import and Selection Rules: Let the Players Play
- Authors
- Simone Pearce (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Publication details
- Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal, Vol.11(1), pp.123-152
- Publisher
- Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association
- ISSN
- 1833-8860
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99465408802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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