Corruption and Sports

[romero121]

A form of corruption is Match Fixing. For your information, match fixing is played for a partially or fully pre-determined results. This can been seen with almost every game. This is done for the purpose of making money through gambling. This is attained through money transfer to team players, referees, and other authorities associated with the game.

In recent days the match fixing has increased high. Compared to the year 2019, there is a big rise in the match fixing number during the pandemic. The article Match Fixing On Rise During The Pandemic And Diversifying Into New Areas gives the detailed information on the games on match fixing. The major focus is over football,tennis, and volleyball.

Source : The Guardian.

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[gagux123]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

It is going to be difficult to find precise data about it because those that are cheating are not going to go out of their way to try to tell you what they're doing and how they are manipulating things around different sports in order to gain an unfair advantage, however taking into account that soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world by far and it is the sport that moves the most money I think it is a fair assumption to make that most of the corruption in the sport world is in that sport.

Yes, in a way we don't know the numbers exactly. But I think soccer is still one of the most manipulated sports today!!

Another question about manipulation/corruption, do you think a world cup has been or can be manipulated these days?
(I asked about the world cup because it is one of the most awaited soccer events in the world)

[Shasha80]

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According to this article, football is the most popular sport for sports betting, so your assumption is right.

https://lastwordonsports.com/2020/06/15/most-popular-sports-betting/

and it rank as follows.

1 Football
2 Tennis
3 American Football
4 Horse Racing
5 Basketball

It is true that football is indeed the most popular sport in the world, so it's no wonder that it is the target of corruptors to get money. Almost all
sports betting sites provide betting options for football, then other sports may not be available on all sports betting sites. But I was surprised from
the ranking that Basketball is at number 5, I thought basketball was the second most popular sport after football but it wasn't. And another
surprising thing that boxing is not included in the top 5 popular sports for gambling.

[Fredomago]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

It is going to be difficult to find precise data about it because those that are cheating are not going to go out of their way to try to tell you what they're doing and how they are manipulating things around different sports in order to gain an unfair advantage, however taking into account that soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world by far and it is the sport that moves the most money I think it is a fair assumption to make that most of the corruption in the sport world is in that sport.

Yes, in a way we don't know the numbers exactly. But I think soccer is still one of the most manipulated sports today!!

Another question about manipulation/corruption, do you think a world cup has been or can be manipulated these days?
(I asked about the world cup because it is one of the most awaited soccer events in the world)

I don't have a precise answer to that but if does, for sure that's a huge billions of dollars that we are talking with, manipulating such huge events where a lots of people / gamblers are watching/betting.

There might have a lots of speculations and different views about this question as until to date there's none who can give concrete evidence if manipulations been made.  World Cup is the most awaited event and money are flowing within, gamblers picked their sides in hope that the team they've supported will bring them the fortune.

[gagux123]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

It is going to be difficult to find precise data about it because those that are cheating are not going to go out of their way to try to tell you what they're doing and how they are manipulating things around different sports in order to gain an unfair advantage, however taking into account that soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world by far and it is the sport that moves the most money I think it is a fair assumption to make that most of the corruption in the sport world is in that sport.

Yes, in a way we don't know the numbers exactly. But I think soccer is still one of the most manipulated sports today!!

Another question about manipulation/corruption, do you think a world cup has been or can be manipulated these days?
(I asked about the world cup because it is one of the most awaited soccer events in the world)

I don't have a precise answer to that but if does, for sure that's a huge billions of dollars that we are talking with, manipulating such huge events where a lots of people / gamblers are watching/betting.

There might have a lots of speculations and different views about this question as until to date there's none who can give concrete evidence if manipulations been made.  World Cup is the most awaited event and money are flowing within, gamblers picked their sides in hope that the team they've supported will bring them the fortune.

Yes, I agree with you @Fredomago, it is a good question, in my opinion I think there may be some kind of manipulation in some games or moves in the world cup.

They probably do it well. If this manipulation does happen and everyone around the world knows, the world cup will lose your credibility!! 

[bitterguy28]

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They are not coerced to corrupt because those corrupt officials only offer them the money and obey what they want. The decision will be up to the players, but the players can get tempt because of big money offered to them. Although that money is not too big to compare to the corrupt officials, that is big money for the players, and maybe that money will be bigger than what they got from their payment.

You don't clearly know what happens behind the scenes, there are players that are coerced to do it because some of them have principles so bribing them isn't a feasible option for the officials. Yes, the decision is up to the players but when you are coerced, you either stand by your principle which could have dire consequences or you accept the condition because you have someone you care about. It is not that bigger than the players payment but it will always come down whether they accept it or they are coerced.

The worst thing the players can get is get fired from the club without any reason but to disobey the rule. That will stop the player's careers and they will not have any chance to play the game for the rest of their life. Yes, I know that some players coerced to do it because I heard some local players caught by the local officers, and big money has been in their hand. It is a serious matter for player and jobs for the government to be solved and the government needs to protect the players from that thing.

Nope there are some chance that the players that being fired from the club comes back and prove them wrong .

remember that this case has no hard proof because there is no contract inside and just a word of mouth .

[ecnalubma]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

We cannot determine a data for that, because it will be a shame if something like sports fixing is happening in any sports institutions and nobody wants that. Some sports fixing might go undetected probably with the help of higher ranking officials. On to what sports is the most likely corrupted we will never know.

[mezzaluna]

In my country every government during the election campaign have the statement we'll abolish corruption on the sports in the manifesto. Is this is common or I'm seeing this on my country. In each and every game, during the selection process bribe is being given. This has made several able sportsmen discontinue their passion on sports and do some routine job for their living.

Same as this is the gambling, more key players are involved with match fixing even after getting huge sum of money after every match winning/losing. Why certain sportsmen have such greed towards money when people are starving to have a single meal on a day.

I believe that kind of corruption is still not present in our country but that is surely another great way to make money for corrupt officials. The community of people wanting sports are always the greater part of the country because it is one source of their entertainment but rigging the whole system is somehow really scary because we cannot determine on how will they be bribed or playing their matches throughout a season. It would be really a huge blow to people who love sports and people who just do sports to make money.

[pinggoki]

In my country every government during the election campaign have the statement we'll abolish corruption on the sports in the manifesto. Is this is common or I'm seeing this on my country. In each and every game, during the selection process bribe is being given. This has made several able sportsmen discontinue their passion on sports and do some routine job for their living.

Same as this is the gambling, more key players are involved with match fixing even after getting huge sum of money after every match winning/losing. Why certain sportsmen have such greed towards money when people are starving to have a single meal on a day.

Corruption will never be abolished, do you know why? It is because the people b hind this corruptions are those people who is in the higher position so that they have the control on all kinds of aspects. Corruption is everywhere, every country has a corruption and even the richest country is full of corruptions. I've seen a lot of match fixing in e-sports and I see this as an bad habit because they are like doing this in order to earn money they are not playing anymore they are doing this just because whether they win or not they will be having a bribe, no matter what happens they will get the money that they want by just abusing this match fixing. I've seeing so many match fixing on E-sports in China, so be careful gamblers.

[panganib999]

In my country every government during the election campaign have the statement we'll abolish corruption on the sports in the manifesto. Is this is common or I'm seeing this on my country. In each and every game, during the selection process bribe is being given. This has made several able sportsmen discontinue their passion on sports and do some routine job for their living.

Same as this is the gambling, more key players are involved with match fixing even after getting huge sum of money after every match winning/losing. Why certain sportsmen have such greed towards money when people are starving to have a single meal on a day.

Corruption will never be abolished, do you know why? It is because the people b hind this corruptions are those people who is in the higher position so that they have the control on all kinds of aspects. Corruption is everywhere, every country has a corruption and even the richest country is full of corruptions. I've seen a lot of match fixing in e-sports and I see this as an bad habit because they are like doing this in order to earn money they are not playing anymore they are doing this just because whether they win or not they will be having a bribe, no matter what happens they will get the money that they want by just abusing this match fixing. I've seeing so many match fixing on E-sports in China, so be careful gamblers.

Corruption is one of the most worst attitude in  country. Many people actually always tell that there are some corruptions that are normals because people always tend to tolerate it. In my country, there's a lot of corrupted people and one of the most annoying is that the corrupt people are those who have seat in the higher. They always believe that this corrupt government official are always right. Many people started to get brainedwash. In gambling, the corruption might also be a problem in terms of those betters that asking for some sevice. Watch out to those negativeley effect on you.

[Twinkledoe]

In my country every government during the election campaign have the statement we'll abolish corruption on the sports in the manifesto. Is this is common or I'm seeing this on my country. In each and every game, during the selection process bribe is being given. This has made several able sportsmen discontinue their passion on sports and do some routine job for their living.

Same as this is the gambling, more key players are involved with match fixing even after getting huge sum of money after every match winning/losing. Why certain sportsmen have such greed towards money when people are starving to have a single meal on a day.

Corruption will never be abolished, do you know why? It is because the people b hind this corruptions are those people who is in the higher position so that they have the control on all kinds of aspects. Corruption is everywhere, every country has a corruption and even the richest country is full of corruptions. I've seen a lot of match fixing in e-sports and I see this as an bad habit because they are like doing this in order to earn money they are not playing anymore they are doing this just because whether they win or not they will be having a bribe, no matter what happens they will get the money that they want by just abusing this match fixing. I've seeing so many match fixing on E-sports in China, so be careful gamblers.

Corruption is one of the most worst attitude in  country. Many people actually always tell that there are some corruptions that are normals because people always tend to tolerate it. In my country, there's a lot of corrupted people and one of the most annoying is that the corrupt people are those who have seat in the higher. They always believe that this corrupt government official are always right. Many people started to get brainedwash. In gambling, the corruption might also be a problem in terms of those betters that asking for some sevice. Watch out to those negativeley effect on you.

I don't think they believe that the corrupt government officials are always right. But usually, they can't do anything about it, so they just go with the flow. Unless, someone has the courage to report this official to the authorities and willing to take the step of pursuing a complaint even it will cause him resources to sue the official. And I know, very rare that you will encounter such individual who is willing to take this action. Normally, people just accept the situation and most of the time they join them.

[freedomgo]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

We cannot determine a data for that, because it will be a shame if something like sports fixing is happening in any sports institutions and nobody wants that. Some sports fixing might go undetected probably with the help of higher ranking officials. On to what sports is the most likely corrupted we will never know.

It's not easy to detect sports fixing and government officials are not even focus on that, all they do is just to impose the law which is to tax the gambling establishments and inside the gambling establishment, there's a lot of things they can't monitor anymore, however if the time will come that they will caught because somebody came out and expose it, that's the time that they will act and investigate it.

[KTChampions]

Strange situation. I can assume that your country is economically undeveloped. If economic processes are proceeding as they should, then corruption (and hence the destruction of sports) is simply unprofitable for those who are engaged in this.

I would like to draw your attention to another point - sport is very often associated with politics. And politics is the main environment for corruption. Therefore, I think the less participation of the state in such matters, the better for everyone. Sport is commerce and a businessman will not be acting to make a loss to his firm (unlike a corrupt politician).

[passwordnow]

It's not easy to detect sports fixing and government officials are not even focus on that, all they do is just to impose the law which is to tax the gambling establishments and inside the gambling establishment, there's a lot of things they can't monitor anymore, however if the time will come that they will caught because somebody came out and expose it, that's the time that they will act and investigate it.

If someone exposes that there's one that happened on their term and told it to the press, the news will scatter as quick as it can and many won't believe that it had happened in their eyes.
They can reason it out that they're already investigating on it but the verdict could be just remain it as an investigation and there will be no actual result. Well, that's another corruption at its finest.

[Silberman]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

It is going to be difficult to find precise data about it because those that are cheating are not going to go out of their way to try to tell you what they're doing and how they are manipulating things around different sports in order to gain an unfair advantage, however taking into account that soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world by far and it is the sport that moves the most money I think it is a fair assumption to make that most of the corruption in the sport world is in that sport.

Yes, in a way we don't know the numbers exactly. But I think soccer is still one of the most manipulated sports today!!

Another question about manipulation/corruption, do you think a world cup has been or can be manipulated these days?
(I asked about the world cup because it is one of the most awaited soccer events in the world)

Over the years there have been several matches that have been under the microscope for results that were very suspicious back in the day so I have no doubts match fixing has happened in the past, however I find hard to believe the final has been manipulated in any way, but we never know there have been several scandals in baseball in which the world series has been fixed on the past, so we cannot discard the possibility of this happening on the final game of the world cup.

[maydna]

Well, after some comments that I read, I thought to myself, because I couldn't find an exact answer ...

Does anyone know what kind of sport is more corrupt and manipulated these days? Soccer? Boxe?

Corruption in sports is generally greater in developed or underdeveloped countries?

It is going to be difficult to find precise data about it because those that are cheating are not going to go out of their way to try to tell you what they're doing and how they are manipulating things around different sports in order to gain an unfair advantage, however taking into account that soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world by far and it is the sport that moves the most money I think it is a fair assumption to make that most of the corruption in the sport world is in that sport.

Yes, in a way we don't know the numbers exactly. But I think soccer is still one of the most manipulated sports today!!

Another question about manipulation/corruption, do you think a world cup has been or can be manipulated these days?
(I asked about the world cup because it is one of the most awaited soccer events in the world)

Over the years there have been several matches that have been under the microscope for results that were very suspicious back in the day so I have no doubts match fixing has happened in the past, however I find hard to believe the final has been manipulated in any way, but we never know there have been several scandals in baseball in which the world series has been fixed on the past, so we cannot discard the possibility of this happening on the final game of the world cup.

The match fixing already happens today, and I think it is hard to eradicate if the officials do not realize what they do is not right. The final itself can be manipulated somehow, but we don't know how they do that. I think the scandals will hide from the public, so we don't know if that happens. It is hard to prove the scandals, match fixing, or manipulations as the officials who already inside that circle will not let the public know. And the corruption will continue without us know when it will end.

[JohnBitCo]

In my country every government during the election campaign have the statement we'll abolish corruption on the sports in the manifesto.

Governments should focus on removing corruption from all fields of life and not just the sports. Also if in your country, there is a lot of corruption it won't be easy to get rid of it. Government have to take big steps which may involve prisons to some popular personalities involved in this sin. What i have observed, that the law enforcement agencies are themselves corrupt so they just take money and keep the corruption ongoing.

[codegnome]

Athletes will ask themselves whether it is really worth taking part in corruption. When a tie is enough for 2 teams to make it to the next round of a tournament, you may wonder if that is corruption.

[Fredomago]

Governments should focus on removing corruption from all fields of life and not just the sports.

If they are serious in taking this down, then it should not be in just one particular venue,

but everything  that corruption-related should be taken away.

Also if in your country, there is a lot of corruption it won't be easy to get rid of it.

If the place have more corruptions, it's not easy to just to carry out any actions as expect that there are many officials that are involved to this business to oppose any laws that your government wanted to impose.

Government have to take big steps which may involve prisons to some popular personalities involved in this sin.

Yeah right, if this thing will carry out strictly, there are known people who are involve and be imprisoned..

What i have observed, that the law enforcement agencies are themselves corrupt so they just take money and keep the corruption ongoing.

That's the real problem, involvements of those corrupt officials, the very reason why

the government are having difficulty to suppress this illegal activities.

[Sanitough]

Athletes will ask themselves whether it is really worth taking part in corruption. When a tie is enough for 2 teams to make it to the next round of a tournament, you may wonder if that is corruption.

This is not a kind of stage play, this corruption might not be known to their teammates or their fellow teams and this is not a serious problem actually as only few are doing this. They know the consequences, so they are risking their future when trying to partake on gambling fixing.