Living in the same household - ‘Incest’ in the family of sport

Abstract

This article focuses on the coach/athlete relationship in the self admitted sporting ‘family’ and, using both the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the civil law remedies of non-molestation orders argues that where matters of abuse are concerned, the private world of the surrogate family of sport could be just as liable under family law principles as any other modern day informal family.