True Sport

Residence: Victoria, BC

Occupation: Semi-retired, Primary Research Consulting

Current involvement in sport: Amateur basketball official, Liaison between Victoria Night League basketball program and Victoria Basketball Officials Association

Why True Sport: Like John Wooden, I believe competition is about continuous improvement and that a focus on winning can actually undermine performance.  I believe a focus on winning contributes to difficulties in the recruitment and retention of officials.  I believe that character development in sport is critical to our national economic competitiveness – To be competitive; businesses operating in a knowledge economy require the type of social relations supported by the character traits promoted by True Sport.  I want my grandchildren to work in environments typified by people with True Sport character traits.