Soccer Paper
Sports Studies: Soccer
Profesor: Sean Steele
Hal Emas
April 24 2013
Final Paper
The Calciopoli
Corruption and money go hand in hand. Money is a motivating factor for corruption, and the transfer of money or other special benefits often finances corruption.
It is a sad fact of life, but you don’t have to look very hard to find some form of corruption in virtually any area of life, wherever it is in sports, politics or business.
Almost on a daily basis can you read about a new case of corruption involving some illegal cash advance.
Unfortunately, football is not immune to the ill effects of corruption. Football has always reflected the society it represents, in both its good and bad, and this is the one reason fans are drawn to the sport.
In 2006, when the Italian national team won the FIFA World Cup, the nation was on a high, but Italian calico was brought down to reality, when the Italian Football Federation, FICG, announced its rulings on the Calciopoli affair. It involved the top professional football leagues of Italy, Serie A and Serie B. Implicating the champions at the time Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio, Reggina. It came to light when it was showed the relation between team managers of the teams listed before and referee organizations. The teams were accused of rigging games in order to get a favorable referee.
The name Calciopoli came from an adaptation of Tangentopoli, which is the name that was given to some corruption-based clientelism.
Juventus were essentially convicted of having an important relationship with the referee designators. But the FOGS were not able to prove that any direct match fixing happened. They only said that Juventus conditioned the league table. The stories said that Luciano Moggi, an important Italian football administrator and at the time of the incident Juventus’ administrator, controlling the entire league from the background. The FIGC never directly charge Juventus with an Article 6 violation, which
Profesor: Sean Steele
Hal Emas
April 24 2013
Final Paper
The Calciopoli
Corruption and money go hand in hand. Money is a motivating factor for corruption, and the transfer of money or other special benefits often finances corruption.
It is a sad fact of life, but you don’t have to look very hard to find some form of corruption in virtually any area of life, wherever it is in sports, politics or business.
Almost on a daily basis can you read about a new case of corruption involving some illegal cash advance.
Unfortunately, football is not immune to the ill effects of corruption. Football has always reflected the society it represents, in both its good and bad, and this is the one reason fans are drawn to the sport.
In 2006, when the Italian national team won the FIFA World Cup, the nation was on a high, but Italian calico was brought down to reality, when the Italian Football Federation, FICG, announced its rulings on the Calciopoli affair. It involved the top professional football leagues of Italy, Serie A and Serie B. Implicating the champions at the time Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio, Reggina. It came to light when it was showed the relation between team managers of the teams listed before and referee organizations. The teams were accused of rigging games in order to get a favorable referee.
The name Calciopoli came from an adaptation of Tangentopoli, which is the name that was given to some corruption-based clientelism.
Juventus were essentially convicted of having an important relationship with the referee designators. But the FOGS were not able to prove that any direct match fixing happened. They only said that Juventus conditioned the league table. The stories said that Luciano Moggi, an important Italian football administrator and at the time of the incident Juventus’ administrator, controlling the entire league from the background. The FIGC never directly charge Juventus with an Article 6 violation, which