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League Notes: House Of Lords Expected To Approve Changes To Horse Racing Industry

Horse racing is "expected to undergo historic changes by the time of the Grand National." The House of Lords is expected to "vote through changes" which mean the horse racing industry can recover £30M ($37.3M) from gambling operators. Horse racing as a sport does not receive government funding but instead bookmakers pay 10.75% of their profits "back to the sport through the levy." Since '09, income generated by horse racing has declined from £100M ($124.4M) annually to £50M ($62.2M) (SKY SPORTS, 3/29).

The British & Irish Lions board is "determined to ensure the new global season restructuring does not impinge" on its "desire for future tours to be given more preparation time at the end of the domestic seasons." The proposal under discussion is that "future tours would also be shortened by one week from six to five weeks," but the Lions board wants to ensure that future tours are given the "best chance of success" by securing up to two weeks of preparation time from the domestic finals (London TELEGRAPH, 3/28).

Seoul, South Korea, granted North Korea's women's ice hockey team "permission to play in the South next week," the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday, a "positive sign ahead of next year's Winter Olympics." Teams from the North and South are "due to face off against each other in division II group A of the women's world ice hockey championships," being held in Gangneung. The 30-member North Korean delegation will include 20 athletes and 10 coaches and support staff (VIETNAM NEWS, 3/29).

A proposed "Hillsborough law" requiring police forces and public authorities to be "open and truthful in legal proceedings, including about their own failures, and that would give bereaved families the same resources as the police to make their case at future inquests is to be presented to parliament." The "public authority (accountability) bill" would impose on public authorities and employees a duty to act with "transparency, candour and frankness." Individual officials would face a fine or maximum two-year term in prison for failing to do so, "including for feeding misleading information to the media" (London GUARDIAN, 3/29).

UK Athletics announced the creation of an "Athletes' Commission," which will provide a formal mechanism whereby the perspective and expertise of Great Britain's int'l athletes will be heard by the board and Performance Oversight Committee on the many initiatives and programs operated by UKA (British Athletics).

In January, Cricket South Africa confirmed "the status quo of six franchises would remain" for the '17-18 domestic season. Now, CSA Deputy President Thabang Moroe "has spoken of the need for domestic cricket in South Africa to expand." Moroe said, "With the (financial) plans that we have put in place ... we do have plans of increasing the number of franchise teams that we have" (SPORT24, 3/29).

Spain's National Commission of Markets & Competition (CNMC) reportedly decided to eliminate the tax that the Spanish Basketball League (ACB) requires of clubs that earn promotion to the top flight. The tax, which in many cases is an "obstacle for clubs that earn promotion on the court," is more than €4M ($4.3M). The ACB would be able to appeal the CNMC's ruling (MUNDO DEPORTIVO, 3/29).

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