Sylvia Schenk Quotations

Sports is a big economic area. And just like in other sectors of society, sports is vulnerable to corruption. It's not a holy realm.

Corruption is not just a German issue, but an international one.

It sends out a signal to potential criminals and can prompt people who suspect corruption somewhere in the chain to report it. Often, people are aware of something, but they are too scared to talk about it.

The image of sports is very important, particularly to the sponsors. Usually the sponsors are buying a good image when they support a particular sport. Take away the good image and you put funding at risk.