At last week’s CEO Convention of the SRA (the Sport and Recreation Alliance, which was formerly the CCPR) the majority of the discussion was around the appropriate board structures for what are effectively publicly funded bodies. The likelihood of greater public interest and scrutiny in the run up to the 2012 Olympics perhaps fuelling a desire for the sports sector to ensure that in this regard at least, everything is in order.
Governance and statutory duties remain, of course, of utmost importance. But the debate still rolls on with regards to whether the full time executives who manage day-to-day operations and implement the decisions of the mostly non-executive director boards should be an integral part of the Board.
There also remains significant difference of opinion about whether or not those from outside the sport itself should be recruited onto boards – where they can contribute additional management skills, commercial acumen and perhaps even a source of private sector funding.
So, the debate continues and the interest in the statutory, sport and strategy mix of executive and non executive directors within NGBs will continue.
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is the umbrella organisation for the governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation in the UK and represents more than 300 members – organisations like the FA, the Rugby Football Union, UK Athletics, the Ramblers, British Rowing and the Royal Academy of Dance. Its role, like every trade association, is to speak up on their behalf, represent their views and to provide them with services which make their life easier.
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