Moving from exclusive to inclusive models of sport - Takuya Yamazaki - E93

Law In Sport Podcast

Takuya Yamazki is one of Japan's leading sports lawyers. In this interview Takuya describes difficulties the COVID-19 pandemic has on the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. He puts forward a compelling argument that this is the time to rethink exclusive centralised business model of the Olympics, Paralympics, and sport more generally, and move to an more inclusive decentralised model for sport. Takuya Yamazki is a Japanese Attorney-at-Law, is the founder and Managing Partner of Field-R Law Offices, a niche sports and entertainment legal practice based in Tokyo. Takuya has vast legal and business experience in sports both in Japan and internationally. He is was a member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and I the Chairman of FIFPro Division Asia/Oceania. We hope you enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com [https://www.lawinsport.com/](https://www.lawinsport.com/) Upcoming Events: [https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events](https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events) LawInSport Recruitment: [https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs](https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs) LawInSport Annual Conference: [https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference](https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference) LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: [https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements](https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements) Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: 1. Soundcloud: [https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport](https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport) 2. iTunes: [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2) 3. Most Android podcast apps. 4. Spotify