Proposed agency aims to tackle corruption and improve governance in global football
Play The Game | Former sports journalist and founder of Play The Game, Jens Sejer Andersen.
Play The Game has become a leading platform for raising awareness about critical issues in sport, such as corruption, governance and match-fixing. Now it is facilitating the creation of a global anti corruption agency.
The proposed agency aims to provide a specialized and comprehensive approach to investigating and prosecuting corruption cases in order to restore integrity and trust in the sports industry.
Why it matters: The European Union has shown increased interest in sports governance issues and MEPs’ support for ClearingSport recognises the necessity for a centralized agency.
The perspective: Football executives have historically shown ambivalence towards such initiatives, but mishandling of cases have seen a change in attitudes. Maybe such an agency could manage the FFP-rules more effectively than UEFA?
31 July 2023 - 3:26 PM
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Founded as an NGO in 1997 by the former sports journalist, Jens Sejer Andersen, it is now part of the Danish Institute of Sports Studies. Operating as an independent platform for raising and developing awareness about critical issues in modern sport such as doping, corruption, good governance, match-fixing and sustainability of mega-even
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