NSW parliamentary inquiry probes emerging combat and collision-based sports
- A NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard that controversial emerging combat sports, notorious for head-injury risks, are prepared to accept regulation, despite some medical experts calling for them to be blacklisted entirely.
- NSW Sport Minister Steve Kamper referred activities like collision running, bare-knuckle boxing, and competitive slapping to a committee to investigate if they should be brought further under the control of the state's Combat Sport Authority (CSA).
- On Friday, CSA chair Darren Kane told a hearing that the sports should be subject to stronger controls.
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- A NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard that controversial emerging combat sports, notorious for head-injury risks, are prepared to accept regulation, despite some medical experts calling for them to be blacklisted entirely.
- NSW Sport Minister Steve Kamper referred activities like collision running, bare-knuckle boxing, and competitive slapping to a committee to investigate if they should be brought further under the control of the state's Combat Sport Authority (CSA).
- On Friday, CSA chair Darren Kane told a hearing that the sports should be subject to stronger controls.
Sources: ABC Australia