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‘Classical’ doping, financial doping and beyond: UEFA’s financial fair play as a policy of anti-doping

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Against the backdrop of an increasing use of the term ‘doping’ in circumstances other than the classical understanding, this theoretic article provides a new and comprehensive inter-disciplinary reflection of the doping concept. The aim is to elaborate a broader understanding of doping in relation to socio-economic contexts. Besides addressing the question which structural similarities in general justify the label ‘doping’, a comparison between ‘classical’ doping and the so-called financial doping in European club football is developed. These insights serve as a basis for a consideration, to what extent insights of social-scientific research on drugs in sport may be consulted to analyse socio-economic practices of performance enhancement in sport. Following the considerations of Schetsche, a model is drafted according to which different forms of performance-enhancing behaviour are categorized subject to the dimensions legality and legitimacy. The results may provide a contribution for further research on ...