Former Olympic rowing champion Rob Waddell has found himself in a battle with secondary school principals. Former Olympian Rob Waddell has defended his controversial school sports broadcast deal, which has been criticised as done without the wellbeing of students to the fore. Phil Walter/Getty Images Rob Waddell says principals were consulted on the deal before it went ahead, but the information did not make it “to some”. Among those is concern about students, and the potential pitfalls of the further professionalisation of school sport. Abigail Dougherty/Stuff Waddell insisted the most important part of school sport was kids having fun with their mates.

Source: Stuff August 28, 2020 05:03 UTC