tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804298397747224505.post9097433825084804444..comments2024-01-08T13:58:20.182+00:00Comments on Sport is made for betting: more dodgy tennisScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15580349973739747085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804298397747224505.post-27528573778345632192010-10-25T16:56:08.848+01:002010-10-25T16:56:08.848+01:00not much to gain, but as they'll have witnesse...not much to gain, but as they'll have witnessed with the ICC, incredibly difficult to police and then prosecute. Any sport played in one country (eg a football league) has consistency in the laws - they know exactly where they stand re ability to prosecute, gain access to phone records and which laws they can be charged with breaking. Tennis makes it nigh on impossible because they play in so many countries with different legal systems. It could almost be a hanging offence in one country whereas it's not even a crime in others. Plus you have a global player base with different ethics, morals and respect for law. Many will not give a shit about betting at all, so some may be thinking punters are all going to hell so who cares if I take a little money to screw them over? Players' careers are short, cash in while you can etc....<br /><br />Davydenko was a story because he was top 10 and Betfair made history by voiding the market. Davydenko got no penalty at all and Betfair have made their point, they won't do it again.<br /><br />It ain't good and all I can see in front of the ATP are brick walls.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580349973739747085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804298397747224505.post-49624034684550245462010-10-25T16:41:52.576+01:002010-10-25T16:41:52.576+01:00Nice summary of a farce of a match! Just intereste...Nice summary of a farce of a match! Just interested in your opinion, do you think the ATP will ever do anything? After all it is only those of us who bet on or follow betting markets that have any idea about the integrity of these matches. The popular tennis media rarely reports them, last week all that happened was Tipsarevic received a bit of abuse on twitter, a small price for those involved in corruption to pay. <br /><br />So is it fair to say the ATP has little to gain in taking action and it is best for them to ignore such blatant corruption in minor tournaments between low ranked players? Tennis is a heavily sponsored sport and making an example of even Volandri and Gabashvili would damage the sport too much as the image would be tarnished and people would question the integrity of each and every match in even the big tournaments. By not doing anything all that is happening is a small number of betting people talk about it but the wider public remain oblivious to any fixing.<br /><br />At the moment it just seems that the fixers know nothing will happen and are free to carry on, as long as they don't get greedy and select low key matches to take advantage of then they're likely to carry on making a bit of money and getting away with it.Pooliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10872941824003001269noreply@blogger.com