August 29, 2016

Compliance Programs would help USA Olympics Teams

USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus says U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and his three teammates face disciplinary action at home for their fabrications about being robbed at gunpoint in […]
August 22, 2016

Dutch Olympics Officials Act Decisively to Punish Rules Violations

In sharp contrast to the delays and confusion surrounding the International Olympic Committee’s handling of the Russian doping scandal, the Dutch Olympic Committee acted promptly and […]
July 26, 2016

Former Sports Executive Gets Prison Sentence

Several months ago The Compliance and Ethics Blog posted a piece I’d written entitled, “Yet Another Scandal in Sports.”  The piece reported on a former scouting director of the St. […]
June 20, 2016

An Avertable Embarrassment

Tennis celebrity Maria Sharapova is enduring ridicule and scorn over her claims she was unaware the drug she was taking for health reasons is on the […]
May 9, 2016

Shadows, again, over America’s pastime

Late last week, baseball player Dee Gordon of the Miami Marlins was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.  A week earlier, Major […]
April 16, 2016

How Compliance Programs Could Help College Coaches in Recruiting Players

Imagine for a few moments how a college coach could use his athletic department’s integrity and compliance program as a competitive edge when recruiting student-athletes.  Most talented […]
March 30, 2016

Sports Officiating Association: Is it Time for Integrity Programs in Sports?

The April 2016 issue of Referee magazine highlights a session on developing integrity programs that was presented at the 2015 Annual Summit of the National Association […]
March 10, 2016

Do College Compliance Programs Stop at Door of the Athletic Department?

The University of Louisville, 2013 NCAA Basketball Champion, will not be participating in any post-season play this season, including the ACC and NCAA Tournaments.  In early […]
March 5, 2016

Tennis Scandal Highlights Value of Compliance Programs

Professional tennis, reeling from allegations of match-fixing by players, received another blow when the Guardian newspaper reported several umpires have been banned or are facing lifetime […]
February 26, 2016

Two Programs Take Hits For Protecting Their Quarterbacks

Looking for scandals in college sports is as difficult as looking for hay in a haystack. And while the particulars vary , the pattern is distressingly […]
February 9, 2016

Prevention, Detection, Correction

Prevention, detection, and correction – sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? And yet those are the essential components of any effective integrity and compliance program. So why […]
January 27, 2016

A Blind Eye on Match-Fixing in Profession Tennis

Where there’s smoke, there’s almost always fire.  And there’s been plenty of smoke and fire since a blockbuster report headlined “The Tennis Racquet” was released on […]