Es ist beruhigend zu wissen, dass die Öffentlichkeit nervös reagiert, wenn klar wird, dass ein NBA-Schiedsrichter in einen Wettskandal verwickelt ist und mit Typen von der Mafia zusammenarbeitet. Denn eine solche Reaktion alarmiert alle Beteiligten, nicht zuletzt die Verantwortlichen der Liga, die, wenn sie klug sind, ihr Kontrollsystem verbessern, damit sie beim nächsten Mal die offensichtlichen Missetäter selbst aufspüren.
Es ist keineswegs beruhigend zu wissen, dass die Öffentlichkeit völlig entspannt auf die Hinweise auf Wettbetrug im Profi-Tennis reagiert. Nicht nach dem Vorfall in Polen, nicht nachdem, was die französische Zeitung L'Equipe diese Woche geschrieben hat und was die Los Angeles Times darüberhinaus berichtet. Die Verharmloser sitzen in den oberen Etagen.
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Könntest Du u.U. zusammenfassen, was die LA Times schrieb, weil ich ehrlich gesagt gerade keine Lust habe, mich bei denen zu registrieren...
Leider habe ich auch nicht immer die Zeit, lange Artikel zusammenzufassen,. Hier die entscheidende Passage:
"he French sports publication L'Equipe, went with a story Thursday that anonymously quoted two so-called elite players, Mister A and Mister B, as saying they have actually witnessed "thrown" matches, including one on the level of the Tennis Masters Series. Each said he was offered a bribe to throw a match and one said the sport must act "before things get out of hand." One also said that players' lounges are full of people on laptops, and that "60-80% of the coaches are on Internet betting sites."
A walk through the players' lounge here easily confirmed lots of people on laptops, and it brought a little chuckle over the current ATP rule banning players, coaches and their connections from using laptops inside stadiums. Most player lounges, as here, are just steps away from center court.
In recent days, players Paul Goldstein of the United States and Michael Llodra of France have said they have been approached in the past to "influence the outcome" of a match.
Thursday, Czech Republic star Tomas Berdych, seeded No. 9, mentioned as a problem all the people hanging around the players' lounges at events and pulled no punches in his assessment of the Davydenko case
"The situation, it's really bad," he said.
"It's also bad for all of us guys that he's part of the ATP and he's part of us. Even worse, that he's one of the top guys."
Berdych said he'd never had any sort of approach from a gambler, but minced no words about his desire to get this fixed.
"I heard it from other guys," he said, "and just what I heard, it was from the tournaments in Russia. It was Moscow and St. Petersburg."
He also said, "If they had any small chance to find it and prove it, it would be very good if they could."
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