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lavanya1307 asked Laura Saperstein: "Based on your own personal experience, what advise would you give the aspiring female boxer?"
Laura Saperstein answers: "A lot of people give up because it’s not easy. So my advice would be if there’s an obstacle don’t give up because there is always a way round it. Look for support from people already in the sport, speak..." Show more»" A lot of people give up because it’s not easy. So my advice would be if there’s an obstacle don’t give up because there is always a way round it. Look for support from people already in the sport, speak to other girls who are boxing, if you need a bit of help getting a fight use the boxer girl website or speak to someone like me who has already encountered those difficulties and can give some insight on how to combat them. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Dec 14 2007 1:04:49 PM
shakeel8 asked Vivienne Nathanson : "Recent media reports highlight both childhood obesity and growing disinterest in sports among teenage girls as major health concerns. Given that there is no real evidence to show that amateur boxing ..." Show more »"Recent media reports highlight both childhood obesity and growing disinterest in sports among teenage girls as major health concerns. Given that there is no real evidence to show that amateur boxing can cause long term health problems, if children are interested in taking this up as a sport wouldn’t the advantages of being active outweigh the disadvantages of minor injuries? " Show less »
Vivienne Nathanson answers: "Obesity is an increasingly significant problem in the UK and efforts should be made to encourage interest in sport and being active. But boxing has its own significant risks to health, and as such concerted..." Show more»" Obesity is an increasingly significant problem in the UK and efforts should be made to encourage interest in sport and being active. But boxing has its own significant risks to health, and as such concerted effort should go into advertising and raising participation in other sports, where inflicting pain and injury is not the objective. Although there is less evidence of long-term health problems in amateur boxing, that does not mean there is no risk. Evidence suggests that like their professional counterparts, amateur boxers are affected by chronic brain injury, albeit to a lesser extent. The use of headgear in amateur boxing is often promotes as preventing brain injury, when in fact it only prevents superficial head damage. This could mean that boxers receive more damage to their brain than they would otherwise, for example a fight continuing to knockout, which may have been stopped earlier due to other superficial head injuries. There is also the possibility that head guards could increase the injury by presenting more angled edges to blows which then produce the classical boxing rotational acceleration effect. The only way to prevent brain damage in boxing is to either ban boxing entirely or ban blows to the head. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Dec 14 2007 9:23:00 AM
judvark asked Brian Barwick: "Are the FA going to do anything to help control foreign ownership in the Barclays Premier League?"
Brian Barwick answers: "There are some points we must lay down regarding ownership. First and foremost is the fact that foreign ownership is no different to UK ownership. Just because someone isn’t born on these fair shores,..." Show more»" There are some points we must lay down regarding ownership. First and foremost is the fact that foreign ownership is no different to UK ownership. Just because someone isn’t born on these fair shores, that doesn’t mean to say they shouldn’t hold as much right to investing in a football club as anyone else. Essentially, it is because the Premier League is such a hugely attractive financial proposition that makes people are willing to invest their money into the game. It is the most exciting and most successful domestic league in the world, and we should all be hugely proud of the impact it is having on the game. The second point is that whoever owns football clubs has to undergo a rigorous cross-examination as part of our ‘Fit and Proper Persons Test’. Anyone who doesn’t fulfil the criteria won’t be able to play a part in the game. Similarly, if we have reservations about the true intentions of people coming into the game then we have the right to put a stop to any plans. It has worked well so far, and will continue to work well, because our investment in the game is to make sure we maintain its status at the top of the tree, so whether investors and owners are foreign or UK-based doesn’t really come into it. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Oct 19 2007 7:58:39 AM
TimHood asked Paul Ince: "Do you think that the consistent under-performance of the England team can be directly related to the presence of so much money washing around the Premiership? Does it affect players motivation, for e..." Show more »"Do you think that the consistent under-performance of the England team can be directly related to the presence of so much money washing around the Premiership? Does it affect players motivation, for example?" Show less »
Paul Ince answers: "I’m not sure they are under-performing as such, and really the national team was doing no better when there weren’t many foreigners plying their trade in the Premier League. National teams always go through..." Show more»" I’m not sure they are under-performing as such, and really the national team was doing no better when there weren’t many foreigners plying their trade in the Premier League. National teams always go through up’s and down’s and we have always been unlucky in major tournaments. I have always thought that foreign players coming in to the game is a good thing for the England team. It teaches us how continental national and club sides play and makes us more aware of how we need to play. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Oct 19 2007 7:47:42 AM
citybird15 asked Vivienne Nathanson : "Do you think that including women’s boxing in future Olympics will have a serious impact on the numbers of girls taking up the sport in the future, and are the BMA taking steps towards blocking it’s inclusion..." Show more »"Do you think that including women’s boxing in future Olympics will have a serious impact on the numbers of girls taking up the sport in the future, and are the BMA taking steps towards blocking it’s inclusion at the 2012 Olympics? " Show less »
Vivienne Nathanson answers: "As mentioned earlier, the BMA believe that boxing has no place on the sporting line-up, especially for international competitions promoting a message of peace and harmony. Inclusion of women’s boxing ..." Show more»" As mentioned earlier, the BMA believe that boxing has no place on the sporting line-up, especially for international competitions promoting a message of peace and harmony. Inclusion of women’s boxing in the Olympic programme would encourage more girls to take up boxing, due to the high profile of the games. The BMA continues to call for a ban on boxing in all forms. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Dec 14 2007 9:18:19 AM