A new education campaign targeting bad behaviour and ugly parent syndrome in grassroots sport will be rolled out shortly to Victoria’s 16,000 grassroots sporting clubs and associations.
Sports Minister James Merlino and Minister for the Respect Agenda Justin Madden today joined a team of high-profile Ambassadors to launch the latest component of the Brumby Labor Government’s Victorian Code of Conduct for Community Sport.
“Victorians love their sport and our local sports clubs are the heart and soul of our communities, ensuring families are strong, happy, healthy and active,” Mr Merlino said.
“The overwhelming majority of Victorian clubs do the right thing, but this new Code of Conduct reinforces the message to a minority of players, spectators, coaches or club officials that their bad behaviour, abuse and ugly parent syndrome has no place in sport.”
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