Editorial standards
How the AGS Newsroom chooses, checks and corrects what it publishes, and how we use AI.
- PurposeThe AGS Newsroom reports the stories that shape athletes' careers, wealth and wellbeing, across sport business, governance and athlete welfare in the UK and the US. Every AGS story adds the AGS View: what the development means for athletes.
- AccuracyWe report what our sources report and say who reported it. Figures come from the source material. We report findings and filings, not allegations as fact, and we include denials. Stories that name individuals in allegations, or that touch on investment, get an additional senior or compliance review before they are published.
- OriginalityOur stories are written in our own words. We quote sparingly, briefly and with attribution, and we always link to the original reporting. We do not reproduce other outlets' photographs.
- IndependenceThe AGS View is analysis. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a promotion of any AGS service. Nothing in the Newsroom is an invitation or inducement to invest.
- SourcesWe monitor UK and US outlets and specialist sport-business publications. Each story lists every source it draws on, with a link.
AI helps us find, check and draft. Software reads public news feeds every 15 minutes and scores each story for relevance to athlete welfare, governance and the business of sport. For the strongest stories, an AI model drafts a summary and the AGS View, along with a fact sheet linking every claim to its source, and automated checks flag copied text, unverified figures, allegation language and financial-promotion language.
People decide what is published. No AGS story is published without the approval of a named editor, who reviews the draft beside its fact sheet and sources and can edit, hold or reject it. The editor's name appears on every story.
The live wire on the newsroom page is different: it lists other outlets' headlines, chosen automatically by the same relevance model and linked to their original reporting, with no AGS text added.
If we get something wrong, we correct it promptly and openly. A corrected story carries a visible correction note explaining what changed, and its updated time changes too. We aim to correct material errors within 24 hours of being told about them, and we keep a log of every change.
To report an error, contact the press office with the story's link and what you believe is wrong.