Tennis integrity: a sports law analytics review

Rodenberg, Ryan M.; Sackmann, Jeff; Groër, Chris

doi:10.1007/s40318-016-0096-x

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“…While for older tournaments the coverage is slightly less detailed, Sackmann validated these results to avoid the inclusion of wrong ones. The resulting dataset is recognized as highly accurate and reliable enough to have been used in several prior studies (e.g Rodenberg et al, 2016;Kovalchik et al, 2017;Cohen-Zada et al, 2018;Antoniou and Mavis (2019)). As discussed in Section 3, in order to mitigate possible concerns about endogenous changes in players and/or equipment characteristics, we constrain our data to a 9-year window centered around the 2006 first introduction of the HawkEye system.…”

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“…Therefore, "to close an integrity-attacking loophole" (Rodenberg et al, 2016, p. 76), carefully designed game structures (such as prize money, performance bonuses and the order of games) are necessary (Huggins, 2017;Sorbonne-ICSS, 2014a). Delving into tennis match-fixing, Rodenberg et al (2016) argue that attention needs to be paid to the asymmetric compensation system adopted by the ITF, WTA, ATP and Grand Slams. According to them:…”

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“…Sport governance is supposed to take a more sophisticated "carrot and stick" approach (R and F) to correct the individual action, while also fighting against illegal betting and criminals to reduce the expected benefit (B). That is, the literature advances the view that education, well-designed (dis)incentive structures and their strict enforcement can correct the distorted incentive structure influenced by betting, thus decreasing its frequency (Fifpro, 2012;Forrest, 2012a, b;Hill, 2010Hill, , 2015Rodenberg et al, 2016;Sorbonne-ICSS, 2014a). Indeed, the utilitarian perspective works to reduce match-fixing to some degree.…”

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The problems and causes of match-fixing: are legal sports betting regimes to blame?

Tak

Sam

Jackson

2018

JCRPP

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Purpose Sport match-fixing has emerged as a complex global problem. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it critically reviews how match-fixing is typified as a policy problem. Second, it advances an analysis of the legal framework and regulatory system for sports betting as a causal source for “routinized” match-fixing. Design/methodology/approach This study extracts and synthesises (cross-national) materials from policies, media releases and scholarly works on the subject of match-fixing and sports betting. The analysis is framed by the contrasts between rational choice and sociological institutionalist approaches. Findings Match-fixing is typically attributed to: criminal organisations and illegal sports betting; vulnerable individuals; and failure of governance on the part of sports organisations. Each cause holds assumptions of utility-maximising actors and it is argued that due consideration be given to the fundamental risks inherent in legal sports betting regimes. Research limitations/implications Match-fixing in sport is a recurrent social problem, transcending national boundaries and involving a wide range of actors and, sporting disciplines and levels of competition. Within such an environment, it may matter little how strong the incentive structures and education programmes are, when betting on human beings is both normatively and cognitively advanced as a value and institutionally permitted as a practice. Originality/value This paper argues that legal betting regimes paradoxically contribute to routinised match-fixing because: for betting customers there is no qualitative, ethical difference between legal and illegal operators; and legalisation serves to normalise and legitimate the view of athletes as objects for betting (like cards or dice).

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“…Scholars of law and criminology (e.g. Blackshaw, 2012;Rodenberg et al, 2016;Van Rompuy, 2015;Yilmaz et al, 2018).) as well as scholars of history and culture (e.g.…”

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Understanding match-fixing from the perspective of social capital: A case study of Taiwan’s professional baseball system

Tzeng

Lee

2020

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The present study aims to explore the social conditions and underlying mechanism of match-fixing, especially when it is not facilitated in a quid pro quo relationship. Analyzing scandals in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League, our research investigates how both individual agendas and organizational interests are served in match-fixing. Practically, the prerequisites and actors’ rationales for their involvement in match-fixing are explained. Theoretically, actors’ motivations and the exchange of intangible resources (not in the form of money) are examined. Our findings speak to theories of structural, cognitive and relational social capital by elaborating on the dark side of social capital. The relational attributes possessed by actors embedded in their social networks are involved in the cognitive process of actors’ decision making. Alternative policy implications are proposed to reduce the potential for match-fixing.

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Tennis integrity: a sports law analytics review

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Play it Again! A Natural Experiment on Reversibility Bias

Play it Again! A Natural Experiment on Reversibility Bias

The problems and causes of match-fixing: are legal sports betting regimes to blame?

Understanding match-fixing from the perspective of social capital: A case study of Taiwan’s professional baseball system

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