Council of Europe: "Good football governance" report

"There is far more to football than scoring goals and winning matches and titles. The Parliamentary Assembly believes that sports governance, and especially the governance of football, must be based on the values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, as well as the values of living together, such as tolerance, respect, fair play and solidarity amongst others. In order for football -- and sport in general -- to be a vehicle for the transmission of these values and contribute to their protection and dissemination, everyone involved, namely senior officials, players, agents, sponsors and business partners amongst others, as well as the representatives of public authorities, must be above suspicion and their conduct must be beyond reproach," wrote Anne Brasseur (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, LUX) in a report from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on culture, science, education and media, entitled "Good football governance", whose resolution project was adopted unanimously by the committee on 04/12/2017.

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