RT Book T1 Ostrageous: How Greed and Crime Erode Professional Football and We All Look the Other Way A1 Nelen, Hans LA English PP The Hague PB Boom Uitgevers Den Haag YR 2022 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839664568 AB Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Welcome to the World of Football -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Growth and Commercialization of Professional Football -- 1.3 Crime-Inducing Features of the Market -- 1.3.1 Money Laundering -- 1.3.2 Corruption in Football -- 1.3.3 Tax Fraud -- 1.4 Reflection -- 2 The Role and Self-Image of Football Agents -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Agent, Broker, Business Manager, Representative or Intermediary? -- 2.3 Regulation and Registration -- 2.4 Trust Relations -- 2.5 Agents as Hawks -- 2.6 Culpable Involvement of Intermediaries in Financial and Economic Crime in Football -- 2.7 The View of Agents on the Excesses in Football and the Measures Against Them -- 2.8 Reflection -- 3 The Football Sector as Semi-autonomous Social Field -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Legal Status and Organizational Structure -- 3.2.1 FIFA -- 3.2.2 UEFA -- 3.3 Organizational Culture -- 3.4 Collusion -- 3.4.1 Collusion Between Club-related Individuals and Members of Associations -- 3.4.2 Collusion Between Private Organizations and Government Institutions/Politics -- 3.5 Reflection -- 4 Breaking Down the Walls of Silence -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Creating Awareness and Encouraging Inquisitiveness -- 4.3 Better and More Accurate Data -- 4.4 Promoting Disclosure: Whistle-Blowing -- 4.4.1 The Essence -- 4.4.2 Internal and External Mechanisms -- 4.4.3 Considerations Whether or Not to Blow the Whistle -- 4.4.4 Resisting Legal Power Play -- 4.5 Naming and Shaming Strategies -- 4.6 Reflection -- 5 Mucking Out the Stalls: Improving Governance Within the Football Sector -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Ownership and Investments -- 5.2.1 Distribution of Shares -- 5.2.2 Screening Owners and Major Shareholders -- 5.2.3 Licence -- 5.3 Transfer System -- 5.3.1 Transfer Clearing House -- 5.3.2 Football Agents. OP 198 NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources CN 796.334094 SN 9789400111592 K1 Electronic books K1 Europa : Fußball : Fußballverein : Finanzierung : Verbrechen