Avoid salary cuts on vulnerable athletes to prevent corruption, says IOC-led paper

LAUSANNE: A paper jointly published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has stated that salary cuts for athletes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic without any way of supporting them should be avoided so as to prevent corruption and manipulation of competitions.

The paper stressed on the need to safeguard the integrity of sport during the pandemic. "As salaries of sports professionals may be impacted, through reductions or delays in payments, and the economic situation places pressure on sport, criminal groups and corruptors may seek to exploit this situation to gain influence," the paper, available on the IOC website, read. IANS

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