Kevin Carpenter

Kevin is a advisor and member of the editorial board for LawInSport, having previously acted as editor. In his day-to-day work he has two roles: as the Principal for his own consultancy business Captivate Legal & Sports Solutions, and Special Counsel for Sports Integrity at leading global sports technology and data company Genius Sports.

Kevin specialises in integrity, regulatory, governance and disciplinary matters. His expertise and knowledge has led him to be engaged by major private and public bodies, including the IOC, FIFA, the Council of Europe, INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as making regular appearances internationally delivering presentations and commenting in the media on sports law issues.

His research and papers are published across a variety of forums, including having a blog on LawInSport.

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McKeown v Attheraces Case Review

Published Tuesday, 22 March 2011.

Match Fixing - The Biggest Threat to Sport in The 21st Century? - Part 1

Published Sunday, 05 June 2011.

Match Fixing - Why Do People Involved in Sport Agree to Match Fix? - Part 2

Published Sunday, 12 June 2011.

Match Fixing – Action Needs To Be Taken – Part 3

Published Monday, 20 June 2011.

Review: WSLR Players Contracts 2011

Published Monday, 11 July 2011.

Summary: House of Commons World Cup 2018 Report

Published Wednesday, 27 July 2011.

Sport & Gambling 2011: Integrity and co-operation at the forefront of policy making - review, key points, and comment

Published Tuesday, 04 October 2011.

The UK Gambling Act's effectiveness for world wide sport integrity - Necessity v Proportionality

Published Thursday, 20 October 2011.

The Cricket Spot Fixing Trial - a stark reminder of subsisting bribery and corruption legislation

Published Monday, 21 November 2011.

Money laundering in football - lessons for the sports industry

Published Wednesday, 21 December 2011.

NFL & NBA lockouts: a UK lawyer's legal retrospective - Part 1

Published Thursday, 22 December 2011.

NFL & NBA lockouts: a UK lawyer’s legal retrospective - Part 2

Published Thursday, 29 December 2011.

NFL & NBA lockouts: a UK lawyer's legal retrospective - Part 3

Published Sunday, 08 January 2012.

Football & the Law review

Published Wednesday, 04 April 2012.

Competition law bites into Spanish football broadcasting

Published Monday, 11 June 2012.

The legal and commercial woes of the World Rally Championship

Published Thursday, 05 July 2012.

Betting in sports and integrity at the London Olympics: an insight from the UK Gambling Commission – Part 1

Published Thursday, 26 July 2012.

An age old discussion: what sports should be ‘Olympic sports’?

Published Monday, 30 July 2012.

Betting in sports and integrity at the London Olympics: an insight from the UK Gambling Commission – Part 2

Published Thursday, 02 August 2012.

The dark side of the Paralympics: cheating through “boosting”

Published Monday, 27 August 2012.

Is the ‘broom handled’ putter about to be brushed out of the door?

Published Monday, 24 September 2012.

Is it time for a CAS ad hoc Division at the Paralympics?

Published Saturday, 20 October 2012.

Referees, racism and regression in football

Published Friday, 09 November 2012.

Punishment & redemption: consistency in sanctions for doping & match-fixing

Published Friday, 16 November 2012.

Match-fixing - scandals, lessons & policy developments 2012/13 - part 1

Published Friday, 01 March 2013.

Match-fixing - scandals, lessons & policy developments 2012/13- part 2

Published Thursday, 07 March 2013.

The curious disciplinary cases in Rugby Union

Published Saturday, 16 March 2013.

Match-fixing - scandals, lessons & policy developments - part 3

Published Friday, 22 March 2013.

Fouls and intent in the not so beautiful game

Published Friday, 22 March 2013.

There’s no Vettel in team: sporting match-fixing in F1?

Published Sunday, 31 March 2013.

Exploitation of live sport data goes into extra time

Published Friday, 05 April 2013.

Deer antlers provide unlikely challenge for the anti-doping movement

Published Friday, 19 April 2013.

CONCACAF shows FIFA the way in outing Warner and Blazer and what next?

Published Tuesday, 07 May 2013.

Is it time for the law to rein in sports gambling advertising?

Published Thursday, 30 May 2013.

3 conferences, 2 weeks, 1 global problem: match-fixing – Part 1

Published Thursday, 13 June 2013.

3 conferences, 2 weeks, 1 global problem: match-fixing – Part 2

Published Monday, 17 June 2013.

The United States and sports betting - the great sports hypocrisy

Published Tuesday, 25 June 2013.

Third party interests v match-fixing: the lesser of two evils?

Published Wednesday, 10 July 2013.

Growth of Indian football stunted by government interference in player eligibility

Published Friday, 26 July 2013.

Recent CAS trends in match-fixing cases following the Pakistan cricketers’ appeals

Published Friday, 09 August 2013.

Criminal Law sends a stark warning to football related offenders on or offline

Published Tuesday, 10 September 2013.

Sports Betting Integrity and the Olympic Movement – 10 key questions answered

Should we be comfortably satisfied with the standard of proof for match-fixing?

Published Tuesday, 08 October 2013.

Has lex sportiva flown the CAS’ nest?

Published Tuesday, 29 October 2013.

What can sport do to stop spot-fixing?

Published Monday, 11 November 2013.

Match-fixing and the potential ‘Matuzalem effect’

Published Friday, 22 November 2013.

IOC, national governments and the autonomy of sport: An uneasy relationship

Published Monday, 23 December 2013.

English match-fixing scandals – the 10 stand out issues - Part 1

Published Monday, 30 December 2013.

English match-fixing scandals – the 10 stand out issues - Part 2

Published Thursday, 02 January 2014.

How effective will the laws be at preventing 2014 World Cup ticket scams?

Published Thursday, 30 January 2014.

Parallel sporting and criminal match-fixing investigations: The Anglo-Welsh approach

Published Wednesday, 26 February 2014.

Bernie and the bankers – the Constantin case and impact on the governance of F1

Published Wednesday, 23 April 2014.

Makudi v Triesman: FIFA corruption allegations and the scope of parliamentary privilege

Published Wednesday, 14 May 2014.

FIFA Ethics Committee’s legal role in the investigation into the World Cup voting allegations

Published Thursday, 05 June 2014.

What are the risks and opportunities for ambush marketers at the FIFA World Cup Brazil?

Published Tuesday, 24 June 2014.

How can Suarez legally defend against a ban from football for his World Cup “bite”?

Published Thursday, 26 June 2014.

How will FIFA’s match-fixing guidelines apply to Cameroon World Cup allegations?

Published Thursday, 17 July 2014.

How the Anderson/Jadeja ruling puts Cricket and ICC’s Code of Conduct under spotlight

Published Monday, 11 August 2014.

Lessons from Suarez: is it time for “universality” in football sanctions?

Published Thursday, 04 September 2014.

Combating match-fixing in sport - a guide to the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions

Published Monday, 06 October 2014.

Can FIFA legally publish the Garcia corruption report?

Published Tuesday, 21 October 2014.

The FIFA World Cup Inquiry: A landmark learning day for sports governance?

Hans_joachim Eckert and Michael J. Garcia

Published Friday, 14 November 2014.

What could EU intervention mean for the future of Formula 1®?

Published Wednesday, 07 January 2015.

Tackling match-fixing: a look at the UK’s new Anti-Corruption Plan

Published Friday, 13 February 2015.

Retrospective trial by video evidence in sport

Published Tuesday, 21 April 2015.

An overview of the latest match-fixing policy developments in 2015

Published Wednesday, 13 May 2015.

A blueprint for the future of sports governance

Published Thursday, 16 July 2015.

Match-fixing case law update: important lessons from Olaso, Blake and Vanakorn

Published Tuesday, 08 September 2015.

Rugby World Cup 2015: Does selecting only two hookers cause unjustified risk?

Published Wednesday, 16 September 2015.

A review of the disciplinary process and sanctioning decisions from Rugby World Cup 2015 - Part 1: Citing, hearings and video evidence

Published Thursday, 14 January 2016.

A review of the disciplinary process and sanctioning decisions from Rugby World Cup 2015 - Part 2: Decisions and appeals

Published Thursday, 14 January 2016.

No gambling permitted: how sports governing bodies regulate betting by athletes and "Connected Persons"

Published Friday, 22 April 2016.

How the British Horseracing Authority’s “Integrity Review” aims to modernise its Integrity Unit

Published Thursday, 18 August 2016.

Key points from the Review of the BHA's Disciplinary Panel, Licensing Committee and Appeal Board

Riders_on_horses_racing_during_competition

Published Friday, 26 May 2017.

The integrity framework that can save the ‘Game Act’ and serve as a model for U.S. sports betting legalization

Multisports athletes running under stadium rights

Published Wednesday, 07 June 2017.

Proportionality of athlete sanctions - A review of the Nick Lindahl match-fixing case

Published Friday, 09 March 2018.

Establishing the optimum sports betting regulatory system to protect the integrity of Indian sports

Published Wednesday, 21 November 2018.

A detailed review of disciplinary proceedings at the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup (Part 2)

Published Monday, 11 May 2020.

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