Corruption in Olympic Sports

Prevalence Estimations of Match Fixing Among German Squad Athletes

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ID3685641
AutoresMonika Frenger (0000-0002-4566-1959, Saarland University, autor de correspondencia), Eike Emrich (0000-0002-2276-9094, Saarland University), Werner Pitsch (0000-0002-8411-6873, Saarland University)
Año2019
Volumen9
Número3
Páginas215824401986536
Fecha de publicación2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244019865361
OpenAlexW2963455954
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas38

Although match fixing threatens the integrity of competitions in sport, studies on the prevalence of match fixing are scarce. We measured the prevalence of competition manipulation by German elite athletes and the total percentage of these athletes who had been asked to participate in match fixing by using the randomized response technique. Approximately 8% of the athletes were asked to participate in match fixing, and approximately 7.5% were actually involved in competition manipulation during their careers. More than 30% of athletes reported an attempt to illegally influence referees' decisions, but only 4.9% had ever directly participated in such attempts. Only the parameter of the financial status provides a different perspective. In general, this study shows that the dissemination of deviant behavior is not extremely high

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