Introduction: Loan transfers and football
Temporary transfers, or “loans”, are very common in modern football. Normally, they allow small clubs to sign better players without paying vast sums of money and are a way for clubs to place their young upcoming stars in a competitive team where they will experience regular first team football. Some…
Imagine you are the 350th best tennis player in the world. You are twenty-five years old, and have dedicated time, money, intensive training, and practically your whole life to the sport. You are clearly very talented—after all there are only 349 players in the world who are statistically better than you. And in the eyes of many, you…
The recent decision of the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) to suspend Chilean tennis player Juan Carlos Sáez for eight years and fine him $12.500 for breaching the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) has garnered significant media attention and presented an opportunity to address a problem worldwide: match fixing in tennis.
Juan Carlos Sáez (aged 28 with…
