The "Research on the Actual State of Corruption in the Sports Industry and Related System Improvement" released by the Korean Institute of Criminal and Legal Policy on the 8th pointed out that most People in the South Korean sports industry believe that the problem of corruption within the sports industry is serious, and even if the problem is raised to the relevant institutions, the situation will not improve significantly.
South Korea's "Asia Daily" reported on the 8th that the report was derived from a questionnaire survey of 203 respondents such as athletes, coaches, referees, and sports executives that lasted a month last September.
According to the survey results, 74.4% of the respondents believe that the corruption in the Korean sports industry is very serious, and only 12.3% think it is not serious. Among the corruption problems related to sports groups, 51.7% of respondents believe that corruption in running sports groups for personal gain is the most serious problem.
Another 18.7% of the respondents believed that there was a problem of fraud in the recruitment process; 10.3% of the respondents also believed that the corruption problems such as embezzlement of public funds and improper subsidies, as well as the corruption problems that occurred in the election of heads and managers of sports groups, were more serious.
Among the corruption problems that occurred at the sports competition site, respondents believed that the most serious problems were the unfair selection of players and coaches, the problem of bullying between players or between coaches and players (35.5%), and other problems mainly included unhealthy practices related to entrance examinations (10.8%), unfair penalties (9.9%), and match-fixing (3.9%).
It was pointed out that even if corruption in the sports world is known, it will be subject to realistic constraints before reporting, and even if it is reported, the relevant personnel will not be punished accordingly. In addition, the South Korean government has taken measures such as setting up sports ethics centers to prevent corruption in the sports world, but due to the difficulty of the reporting and disclosure process and the lighter punishment, the respondents believe that the effectiveness is not high.
Global Times Han Wen
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