play
the
game
magazine
2009
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RESEARCH PROJECT
Database of corruption cases
As part of a research project, the Centre for the International Busi-
ness of Sport (CIBS) at Coventry University has gathered information
about a vast number of examples of corruption in sport.
Up until June 2009, Samantha Gorse, one of the researchers be-
hind the project, has registered 2,000 cases of which the majority
concern doping and match fixing. Corruption cases in sports organisa-
tions are part of the database as well.
The objective of the project is to create a clearer definition of cor-
ruption in sport as well as to look into how corruption influences
the commercial activities of sport, such as sports marketing and the
companies who use sport in their marketing.
Read more at:
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/external/
content/1/c4/53/26/v1244623681/user/CIBS_WP09.pdf
Source: Danish Institute for Sports Studies (IDAN)
Three opinions about a new anti-corruption agency
Christer Ahl
Outgoing President of the Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC)
of the International Handball Federation (IHF)
"An entity like that should be in a position to respond to requests for help
from an international federation. It should be a place where a whistleblower
could turn, and it should have the rights to launch investigations at its own
initiative. But it should not be seen as a threat or weapon; rather a support
mechanism with the necessary competence to deal with the issues."
Jens Weinreich
German journalist and expert in international sports politics
"There is a lack of responsibility. The IOC leadership has the power, but
they don't use it. Still there is a need. There have to be rules in corruption
cases as well. And there is almost nothing. So the idea to establish a kind
of world anti-corruption agency is good, I think."
Richard W. Pound
Member of the IOC and former president of WADA
"Before saying that's the preferred solution, let us have an inventory on
what is going on - and what is the best response. It may well be that we all
come to the conclusion that we need something along the lines of WADA. I
certainly think it is worth exploring."
"In the Play the Game conferences the big benefit is that in the three I have
attended on some very important issues I always go away thinking differently
about some of those issues than when I came."
Bob Munro, Chairman Mathare Youth Project, Kenya
Samantha Gorse has registered
2,000 cases of doping and
match fixing