Not all ‘the evils of capitalism’ : match-fixing and the governance of chinese professional football, 1994–2016
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Nicht all die „Übel des Kapitalismus“ : Spielmanipulationen und die Führung des chinesischen Profifußballs, 1994–2016 |
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Autor: | Huang, Fuhua; Xiao, Wenyan; Zhang, Huijie |
Erschienen in: | The international journal of the history of sport |
Veröffentlicht: | 35 (2018), 2/3 (Match-Fixing and Sport: Historical Perspectives), S. 277-292, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0952-3367, 1743-9035 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09523367.2018.1501028 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201908005482 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Match-fixing has been a key term in Chinese professional football since its inception in the early 1990s. In the light of notorious match-fixing scandals, criticism has arisen that the professionalization of football and the inflow of the free market system mirror the evils of capitalism in post-reform Chinese society. This paper, however, aims to offer an alternative perspective on the inherent governing deficiencies of Chinese professional football, to elaborate on the causes of these match-fixing incidents. By analyzing the status of each corruption-involved actor within the governance structure of Chinese professional football, the paper argues that the following factors collectively account for a large part of the historical and institutional causation of the rampant match-fixing scandals in Chinese professional football: the underplayed role of sport law; the overplayed role of Chinese Football Association officials; the ambiguous ownership and decision-making processes of the clubs; and, the powerless and unprotected role of the referees, the players, and the coaches.