[1] The integrity of sports competitions is, therefore, at the center of the protection provided by these rules; however, the formulations and the practical applications have been and still are very different in each single code of sport justice. Indeed, every country or sports jurisdiction has legislated in subjecta materia in a different way, opting for solutions, both in the formulation of the legal precept and the limits of prohibition as well as in the consequent sanctions, that have generated a real patch-work situation
One of the most insidious violations of integrity in football is the infringement of the betting rules contained in the regulations approved by each single Football Federation. The primary ratio of these rules is to avoid the "contamination" of athletes and of the sports competitions to which they are directly or indirectly linked or interested, in order to preserve and protect the integrity of...
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