The management of prohibited or banned substances (as referenced in WADA, 2015a) in sport is one of the fundamental issues facing sport organizations and institutions. For example, Pipe and Hebert (2008) indicated that the “costs of anti-doping programs are increasingly complex and difficult to manage” (p.2). Because of these challenges sport organizations as institutions have dedicated resources towards developing policies and implementing preventative and controlling measures to ensure that the “purity of the sport” remains an important facet of the institution.
Prohibited or banned substances refer to any substances indicated on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) prohibited list as sanctioned by the World Anti- Doping Code (WADC; WADA, 2015a). Furthermore, management is understood to be the “the process of coordinating people and other resources of an organization to achieve the goals of the organization” (Pride, Hughes, Kapoor, & Canzer, 1999, p. A-9). In the case of this research, management is the …show more content…
USports was founded in 1906, and was originally known as the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU). At its inception, only universities from Ontario and Quebec participated in CIAU sport. As more universities from across the country began to incorporate sports into their institutions, management of the CIAU saw an opportunity for the development of university sport growth and expanded their league. In 2001, the membership of the CIAU elected to change the name and logo of the organization to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) (CIS, 2014). In the fall of 2016, for the purpose of rebranding, the CIS changed their name to USports in an attempt to catch the attention of the public (Shoalts,
Prohibited or banned substances refer to any substances indicated on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) prohibited list as sanctioned by the World Anti- Doping Code (WADC; WADA, 2015a). Furthermore, management is understood to be the “the process of coordinating people and other resources of an organization to achieve the goals of the organization” (Pride, Hughes, Kapoor, & Canzer, 1999, p. A-9). In the case of this research, management is the …show more content…
USports was founded in 1906, and was originally known as the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU). At its inception, only universities from Ontario and Quebec participated in CIAU sport. As more universities from across the country began to incorporate sports into their institutions, management of the CIAU saw an opportunity for the development of university sport growth and expanded their league. In 2001, the membership of the CIAU elected to change the name and logo of the organization to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) (CIS, 2014). In the fall of 2016, for the purpose of rebranding, the CIS changed their name to USports in an attempt to catch the attention of the public (Shoalts,