Bringing the game into disrepute’: The ben cousins saga, sports entertainment, player welfare and surveillance in the australian football league

Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-50

  Kelly, Peter ^a   Hickey, Christopher ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFL; Ben Cousins; Brand management; Player welfare; Risk management; Sports entertainment industry; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014283090     PISSN: 18377122     EISSN: 18377130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18377122.2012.666197     Document Type: Article

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