Fixing the Match (2/3) Just Tactics or Obvious Manipulation? - Studium Generale - Tilburg University
Channel: TilburgUniversity
Date: 2022-04-20

During the “Fixing the Match” short lecture series we investigate the truths and untruths surrounding the hot topic of match-fixing. How serious is its threat to the credibility of sports? Watch this second lecture, where we discuss its ‘normalization’ in sports. (English / SG-Certificate*)

This second lecture will be about the idea that match fixing is already often “just part of the game”, especially when it comes to non-betting-related (or sports-related) match-fixing. This happens significantly more than betting-related match-fixing and is frequently connected to a moral decision-making process of the people involved in it. Because of these moral challenges, it is very difficult to indicate where proper tactics end and manipulation begins. Moreover, while certain behavior can be seen as strategy in one sport, it can be considered a form of corruption in other sports. Match-fixing’s meaning and understanding may therefore vary significantly between different sport disciplines.

Stef Van Der Hoeven is a PhD student at the Department of Movement and Sport Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. He holds a Master degree in Physical Education and Movement Sciences. 

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This lecture is organized by Studium Generale in cooperation with study associations  TSEA Link and Sapientia Ludenda.

* For students, this lecture may count towards the SG-Certificate. Check the SG-Certificate website for all the terms and conditions: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/campus/studium-generale/students/certificate-studium-generale