Increased revenues to blame for Chinese corruption – sports minister 29/01/2010 |
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The increase in sponsorship and advertising money being poured into Chinese football make it a “high-risk” area for corruption, the country’s sports minister Liu Peng has said.
His comments come as a Shanghai newspaper alleges that a bribe of 200,000 yuan (£18,000) can win a player a call-up to the national team, and follow the sacking of three senior Chinese Football Association officials, including the organisation’s head Nan Yong, after they were questioned over match-fixing.
Despite the corruption scandal that has rocked the game, the China Super League set a record attendance average of 16,300 a game last season and Nike and Pirelli have made a combined annual commitment of $22m (£13.56m) to sponsor the league.
"China's sports have developed well in the past few years and we are better off now,” Liu told a national meeting of sports bureau chiefs. “As the industry grows, there are increasing title sponsorships and advertising revenue so it is becoming a high-risk area for corruption.”
According to state news agency Xinhua, he added: "We are very sad and deeply shocked by the serious problems exposed recently in football. The roots of the problem go back a long way. It is a warning to us that we have a long way to go to rule out corruption among sports officials."
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