Attempts to apply pressure on football referees are so rife that it has been necessary for football organisations to appoint neutral inspectors to travel with referees.

Play the Game can now publish the 22 pages long attack by Jean-Pierre Seppey on his former employers at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). The contents of Seppey's letter are fiercely contested by the FIVB who calls the information totally false in a legal sense and the facts totally distorted.

Play the Game 2005 was a success. At least that is the almost unanimous verdict from the 137 respondents who took part in the net-based evaluation survey which was sent to all conference participants shortly after the conference.

Knowledge bank: Michel Zen-Ruffinen, ousted Secretary General of FIFA, held the closing speech at Play the Game 2005 on road maps for better governance in sport. The sports lawyer gave examples of corruption in sport and some counter measures. However, the real problems are located in sports administration and Zen-Ruffinen called for the public to act as prosecutors on behalf of sport.

The Volleygate affair has taken a new and surprising turn. The former Secretary General of the International Volleyball Federation, Jean-Pierre Seppey, has launched a head-on attack on his former employers. He demands damages of 4,8 million Swiss Francs and has published a 22 page document which details mismanagement and abuse of authority at FIVB.

In October 2001, the Swedish volleyball leader Lasse Svensson received a letter from the International Volleyball Federation.

Knowledge bank: FIFA has more member nations than the UN. Steven Menary examins the reasons for this phenomena in his conference presentation at Play the Game 2005.

Knowledge bank: On the opening day of Play the Game 2005, Kelli White, former World Champion in sprint, took the stand to explain why she had decided to use drugs to enhance her performance.