Harsher penalties for athletes who violate the rules surrounding match-fixing in Denmark. This is the sound of the signal from the Danish sports confederation (DIF).
the Call happens after one abroad has seen examples of the harsh penalties in connection with precisely the match-fixing.
Two Italian tennis players received, among other harsh penalties. Daniele Bracciali was sentenced to quarantine for life and a millionbøde, while Potito Starace are excluded from any involvement in the sport in ten years.
In China had two snookerspillere – Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng – karantænedomme respectively ten and six years for match-fixing.
– When we are seeing so far-reaching sanctions abroad in both tennis and snooker recently, so give it, of course, rise to look at how it can be compared with the level at home.
– And we must say that the few comparable cases we have had, is on a somewhat lower level, ” says Poul Broberg, who is head of Public Affairs at the DIF.
He refers to that the toughest penalties in connection with match-fixing in Denmark have been suspensions in a year.
In cycling was the race director Jonas Mikkelsen this punishment in the attempt to arrange, to Alberto Contador won a street race in Aalborg.
In ice hockey was the Esbjerg-player Dennis Jensen a one-year quarantine in a case involving several players.
– We are of the opinion that match-fixing is just as subversive for its credibility as a doping.
– It should also be reflected in the consequences that are about to break the rules. We think that this is currently not the case, as we look down over the cases that have been at home, think Poul Broberg.
Tennis has been hit hard by match-fixing, and therefore think Thomas Kønigsfeldt, vice-president of the French Tennis Federation and member of The International tennis federation (ITF), it is important to send a signal.
– The most recent cases in the international tennis sends a very clear signal that this is an area that is of crucial importance in order to maintain confidence in the sport’s core values of playing to win.
– In tennis we have across organizations, a clear zero-tolerance policy against match-fixing.
– The severity of the penalties reflects that, in principle, we do not want people in the sport, which undermines the sport to offend the basic values, says Thomas Kønigsfeldt.
Already in september last year was DIF to take a step towards the unification of the match-fixing sanctions.
Since established in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, a collaboration that ensures that each nation acknowledges the penalties that are awarded in the neighbouring countries.
