The recent WADA report exposed the use of Drugs by Athletes, but now more cheating, this time in Tennis, has been reported in the Press.
Any Cheats, in any sport, who play to lose for money, must be banned for life immediately. Likewise any trainer or conniving associate must also be banned. Could any lesser punishment ever be envisaged or justified ?
What is even more important is to determine who, in the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) or in any similar governing body in Tennis, was aware of what was going on. Reports reveal that it has been a well known secret for many years that Gambling Syndicates, in Russia and elsewhere paid players to lose !
Recently FIFA and the IAAF governing bodies were forced to "clean-up" after having been exposed. How many other Sports Organisations have "connived" with cheating ?
This is a world-wide problem which can only be solved at the highest level, to cover all sports and in all countries.
Cheats and everyone who connives with them, actively or passively, must be punished. If all Sports Associations could be forced to include, in their rules, a standard text of the "World Rules on cheating" and the punishment for cheats, would that not be a start ?
Perhaps there is a better way, but doing nothing will never change anything !
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