This article - You Want To Believe Davydenko Isn't Mr. Fix It -- Courant.com
is an interesting point of view on the Davydenko betting scandal. I agree with the reporter who suggests that in situations like this, a truly innocent sportstar would be indignantly proclaiming his innocence at every press conference and opportunity he or she gets.
Unfortunately, the No.4 tennis player in the world does not think it necessary to rubbish such accussations. I do not think language is such a barrier, surely all you need is for someone to ask him the question in Russian.
I would be terribly hurt if this idiot did fix the match. Tennis so far, has not been party to any sporting scandal unlike almost every other major sport and it would be a pity if anyone associated with the sport scarred its reputation in any way.
On the other hand, I am sick of hearing about biking druggies, steroid sluggers and refereeing nepotism so a change is interesting.
3 comments:
ok, two thoughts:
1. there's been several doping scandals in tennis though- all those argentinians.
2. more interestingly, the IOC president announced last night that anyone with a doping ban of over 6 months would miss the next olympics. what do you think of the proposal?
Don't forget Petr Korda testing positive back in the day...
IOC proposal - pushing it. Multiple offences and you get banned for life - isn't that enough?
I did forget Petr Korda. I think there are only two incentives for sportstars - glory and money.
I think the IOC proposal prevents cheating sportspersons from obtaining glory, which I think is good. I don't think 6 months is necessarily a good cut-off point because a small offence will damage your career. Considering how poor some of the testing is and how inaccurate along with the often whimsical nature of handing out penalties, a ban of over a year or more than 2-3 offences should be criterion for banning people from the Olympics.
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