IAAF issues statement on betting
Posted April 1st, 2007 at 1:36 PM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results
The IAAF Council, meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, after the World Cross Country Championships, resolved that:
All members of the IAAF Family including, but not limited to, officials, athletes, athlete representatives, managers, coaches, meeting organizers and trainers, should be forbidden from taking part, either directly or indirectly, in betting, gambling and similar events or transactions connected with athlete competitions under the rules of the IAAF or its Members.
Such persons should further be forbidden from having active stakes in companies, concerns, partnerships, joint ventures or other organizations that promote, broker, arrange or conduct such events or transactions.
The Juridical Commission has been given the mandate to draw up appropriate regulations, guidelines and rules.
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Tags: betting, gambling, IAAF, IAAF Council, kenya, Mombasa
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