RT Article
T1 Too much at stake to uphold sport integrity?: high-performance athletes’ involvement in match-fixing
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 74
IS 1
SP 27
OP 44
A1 Tak, Minhyeok
A1 Sam, Michael P.
A1 Choi, Chang-Hwan
A2 Sam, Michael P.
A2 Choi, Chang-Hwan
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1826724370
AB Non-betting-related match-fixing constitutes an important integrity issue in contemporary sports. With varied forms ranging from passive tanking to the purposeful, coercive, calculated bribing of others to gain advantages, non-betting-related match-fixing can be a form of corruption that deters sport development. This paper examines high-performance athletes’ involvement in non-betting-related match-fixing in South Korea. Drawing from survey data (n = 731), this paper describes and analyses the prevalence of match-fixing, its locales (i.e., levels of competition) and origins (i.e., who made the offer/approach). Results show that: (1) 74 athletes (10.12%) were approached to take part in match-fixing, while 33 of those athletes (4.51%) actually participated; and (2) the match-fixing offers were usually made ‘by coaches’, ‘at high school-level nationwide competitions’, ‘for the purpose of entering universities’. Finally, this paper concludes by suggesting that the excessive incentives (e.g., university admission) linked with elite sport development structures may account for the strong motive behind non-betting-related match-fixing, and its endangering of sport integrity.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 42-44
K1 College admission
K1 Match-fixing
K1 South Korea
K1 Sport corruption
K1 Sport integrity
DO 10.1007/s10611-020-09887-1