Sports have had some well-publicized legal and ethical problems over the past few months.

• "IAAF knew of Russian doping scandal, corruption" 1/14/16 (track and field)
• "The Tennis Files: Have top players been paid to lose?" (1/18/16) (tennis)
• "New FIFA indictment is bigger than the first one, and the DOJ isn't done yet" (12/3/15) (soccer)

I hope to look into these scandals more deeply in coming months, but it seems unchecked power and/or loose oversight are at least part of the problem.

As with many of the recent business scandals, I wonder if punishments need to be more severe to curb these problems, or if there is another, more effective, solution waiting to be uncovered.