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Yeah, I've been following that story. I read earlier in his career Djokovic was offered $200,000 to throw one match. Do you know what a top pool player would do for 1/10 that? I'd bet a top pool player would throw the match and toss in regular BJs for the guy who's paying him and all his friends. He'd probably even let them tape it.
 
Closest I've ever come to red repping someone after reading that last post, and I've been here for a pretty long time at this point.
 
I also heard this story, one of the experts they interviewed said it was way worse in darts and look at all the money in that bar room game.
 
I believe the last us open tennis tournament paid 2 million 1st and 1.2 million second. Pretty easy to hit a ball into the net and make it look good. I would think top guys could payoff contenders to lose though.
 
SamLambert said:
NPR is that way ---->
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Sam, I disagree.

Following this story here is the best quote about the corruption of tennis and the ease of match fixing as it relates to pool.

http://kosu.org/post/tennis-corrupt-and-atp-cant-stop-it#stream/0

"Well, if you were going to invent a sport which was purposely designed for match fixing. The sport you would invent would be called, 'tennis,'" says Richard Ings, former head of the anti-corruption program at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). "Tennis as an individual sport only requires the participation of one individual to fix the match."

The opponent doesn't need to know. Or the umpires. Or the fans.

"And with so many matches being played around the world, the opportunity for fixing matches such as this is quite widespread," he says.

I don't think anyone can fail to see the duality between pool and tennis in this regard.

The fix is in.

-Ben
 
Benward452 said:
Sam, I disagree.

Following this story here is the best quote about the corruption of tennis and the ease of match fixing as it relates to pool.

http://kosu.org/post/tennis-corrupt-and-atp-cant-stop-it#stream/0

"Well, if you were going to invent a sport which was purposely designed for match fixing. The sport you would invent would be called, 'tennis,'" says Richard Ings, former head of the anti-corruption program at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). "Tennis as an individual sport only requires the participation of one individual to fix the match."

The opponent doesn't need to know. Or the umpires. Or the fans.

"And with so many matches being played around the world, the opportunity for fixing matches such as this is quite widespread," he says.

I don't think anyone can fail to see the duality between pool and tennis in this regard.

The fix is in.

-Ben
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This is a good point. I wonder how widespread this could be in pool.
 
I can remember a story one of the old-timers from the pool hall told us. He said back at the famous Johnson City tournaments, there was so much serious side betting going on that somehow two players, playing each other, both agreed to dump. I guess it got pretty comical when it got down to the last rack or two.
 
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