An essay i have written on Corruption in World Football for my University Unit, Business, Politics and Sport.

1. Student u3052775

2.  Recent World Cup Scandal Involving Qatar and Russia
 In this essay I will look at:
 How is Football Corrupt?
 How is Corruption is affecting football?
 How is Corruption being handled?

3.  The World Cup Scandal is not the first time we have seen this
level of corruption
 Juventus, an Italian premier club, were stripped of two Italian Serie A
titles and dropped to a minor league for two seasons back in 2006 due
to bribery of officials and players.
 In 2004 in Portugal, 171 people, including two mayors and a league’s
president, were accused of being involved foul play and fixing
championship games.

4.  All footballing nations are subject to some form of
corruption
 Corruption is fueled by the wealth involved in football
 Fans are excited by large money exchanges for players
 The people who involve themselves in corruption are those
who hope to get a share of these transfers
 Agents
 Club Officials
 Organization Officials e.g. FIFA
Sepp Blatter, head of FIFA
http://www.topnews.in/sports/files
/Sepp-Blatter_5.jpg

5.  Agents have the power to be tempted from either end, they
can make bribes or receive bribes
"I've encountered it once abroad when I was taking an
international player to an Italian club and I was offered a suitcase
full of money to make sure the deal went through. I didn't want it. I
had no interest in it.”
"Let's say I buy a player from eastern Europe. I find out he is valued
at £2million by his club. I say to that club: 'I can sell him for £5m in
England? There will be £500,000 in it for you but the other £2.5m
makes its way back into this account'.
(http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10117412/English-football-most-corrupt-in.html , retrieved 20/10/2011)

6.  “Are agents corrupt? No, not all? But the majority.”
(http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10117412/English-football-most-corrupt-in.html , retrieved 20/10/2011)
 These sources show us the areas of football that corruption is
involved in.
 Temptation is to much for people involved to handle
http://medias2.cafebabel.com/4846/thu
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corrupt-than-in-italy-poland-football-
corruption-scandal-euro-2008.jpg

7.  Destroys the reputation of those involved in the sport
 Players
 Coaches
 Officials Clubs
 Being involved in corruption contains severe consequences
 Heavy Fines
 Loss of job
 Long term suspensions from the sport

8.  “Corruption destroys the essence of football”
http://www.freedomfromfearmagazine.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:corruption
-in- football&catid=47:issue-4&Itemid=183
 What is the Essence of football?
 Values and Sportsmanship
 Fans and Players love for the game
 No singular thing can be labeled as the essence of football
 Corruption has a way of effecting everything within in the
sport no matter what you define as the essence

9.  If corruption continues it will destroy the sport
 People will no longer want to support their teams because
they will not want to put their time and energy towards
supporting something that they know to be fake
 If no action is taken, corruption will find its way into all levels
of football
 Every football league around the globe will in way way or
another be effected by the repercussions of corruption=

10.  Strict consequences apply to those proven to be involved in
corruption
 Special task forces are being put in place to specifically look
at cases of corruption within all avenues of football
 Main focus is on preventing corruption from happening in
the first place so there is no need for further investigations

11.  By stopping corruption before it begins, the battle against it
is already half won
 Sepp Baltter resigned as head of FIFA, small win against
corruption
http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com
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12.  Recent World Cup scandal has brought corruption to
everyone's attention
 If we do not begin the fight against corruption it will end up
running the game
 Fans will no longer support their teams and players and
officials will no longer want to be a part of the sport
 Fight against corruption has begun with special investigation
teams being set up and prevention methods being examined
so we stop corruption before it happens
 If we can get control of corruption, we can focus on what
really matter, the game