Topics for an Academic Agenda: The Prevention of Match Fixing in Brazil

Godinho, Letícia; Barbosa, Cássio Felipe

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“…The quality of refereeing is associated not merely with the outcome of the game, but also with player injuries [14,15], can lead to rage and riots among the players [1], and might trigger speculations about game fixing [16]. Since soccer is by far the world's most popular sport that engages billions of fans [17], referee decisions can even have political or social implications [18].…”

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Quantitative Analysis of Penalty Kicks and Yellow Card Referee Decisions in Soccer

Soares¹,

Shamir²

2016

AJSS

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Soccer referees are required to make instant decisions during the game under non-optimal conditions such as imperfect view of the incident and substantial pressure from the crowd, the teams, and the media. Some of the decisions can be subjective, such as a yellow card decision after a foul is called, where different referees might make different decisions. Here we perform quantitative analysis of factors related to the reputation of the team such as the team's rank, budget, and crowd attendance in home games, and correlate these factors with referee decisions such as penalty kicks and yellow cards. The calls were normalized by dividing the number of yellow cards by the number of fouls, and the number of penalty kicks by the number of shot attempts from the penalty box. Application of the analysis to the four major soccer leagues shows that certain referee decisions have significant correlation with factors such as the team's rank, budget, and audience in home games, while for other decisions the Pearson correlation is not statistically significant. For budget, or audience in home games. On the other hand, a significant Pearson correlation has been identified between the chance of a foul call to result in a yellow card and the rank or budget of the team in the Bundesliga. The strongest correlation has been observed between the chance of a tackle to result in a foul call, and the budget and rank of the team.

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Quantitative Analysis of Penalty Kicks and Yellow Card Referee Decisions in Soccer

Soares¹,

Shamir²

2016

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At risk: betting-related match-fixing in Brazilian football

Marchetti

Filho

Constandt

2021

Crime Law Soc Change

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Match-fixing as a Threat to Sport: Ethical and Legal Perspectives

Mravec

2021

StS

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This article aims to show how match-fixing is a threat to sport, not only from an ethical but also from a legal perspective, and to explain the various challenges of combating match-fixing in sport on the national and international level. To achieve this, the first step of the article is to explain corruption in sport, the values of sport and their endangerment through match-fixing, and then the crucial factor of sport autonomy is explained. Further, the article discusses various national and international legal norms and measures in the fight against match-fixing. On the international level there is discussed the current state of play of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (the so-called Macolin Convention) and the Group of Copenhagen, as the follow-up network of national platforms. Finally, the article makes recommendations regarding the better investigation of match-fixing and concludes with a critical appreciation of findings in the fight against match-fixing.

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Topics for an Academic Agenda: The Prevention of Match Fixing in Brazil

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Quantitative Analysis of Penalty Kicks and Yellow Card Referee Decisions in Soccer

Quantitative Analysis of Penalty Kicks and Yellow Card Referee Decisions in Soccer

At risk: betting-related match-fixing in Brazilian football

Match-fixing as a Threat to Sport: Ethical and Legal Perspectives

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