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Is there a rule that sports governing bodies need to be corrupt or something?

I can understand why sports governing bodies like FIFA, NFL, UCI etc. are corrupt when there's so much money to be made in ignoring rule violations, accepting bribes and other shady practices. My sport isn't even professional, none of us get paid and the officials are "volunteering" but whether its making stupid and potentially dangerous rule changes about wearing masks when dancing (see my previous posts) or their latest of picking a dancer ranked #8 in the world as their dancer of the year in the USA, I think that highland dance is as corrupt as any other sport purely off the basis of ego and power going to peoples heads FML.
BlueVeins · 22-25
-privately run
-natural monopoly
-high stakes
-competitive spirit
-rampant machismo

There was never any possible outcome other than corruption and degeneracy.
firefall · 61-69, M
Yes, ppl who go into management in sports are all about the power, and power corrupts (famously said). Even reformers who kick out the corrupt ones, tend to get corrupted over time. The solution is distribution of power, i.e. checks and balances, but noone can be bothered setting that up in sports it seems.
Soph03 · 18-21, F
@firefall surround themselves with people who don't question it and prevent people who might make changes from joining
Max41 · 26-30, M
Sports is a lucrative sector for money lovers , they are not really interested in the sport , but care for the rise or fall in their investment in it .
FIFA been dirty for 40 years.
nobody stopped it then. dont hold your breath in 2022
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Fairer to say that it's extremely hard for these bodies to NOT be corrupt. There's too much money involved.
eMortal · M
Yes, it’s a requirement lol. It’s pretty tempting to bend the rules when you make them.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I have heard that all of the sports on a national level are corrupt
Ferric67 · M
Absolute power corrupts
It’s mind blowing
It is an ironclad rule
MethDozer · M
Sports have always been seedy and corrupt. Just th nature of it.

 
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