I'm not so sure about a medical professional or legal aspect. Seems overkill. And with no disrespect to Dr Silverwood if she was to ever leave any position on DOPS, who would replace her? Her field is very niche, and if we are to make it a thing on DOPS you need redundancy and a plan for the future.
For me it should be 2/3 former players and a referee - not a retired one but a referee who is currently playing but not involved in the incident in question but their remit should be purely for rule interpretation. Any ban should be decided by those former players.
NHL DOPS is made up of purely former players and theirs is about spot on.
For me it should be 2/3 former players and a referee - not a retired one but a referee who is currently playing but not involved in the incident in question but their remit should be purely for rule interpretation. Any ban should be decided by those former players.
NHL DOPS is made up of purely former players and theirs is about spot on.
Nevertheless there are plenty of practicing sports lawyers out there. Indeed there are specialist practices. So succession should not be an issue
Money on the other hand might well be as I doubt anyone else would undertake this role free of charge