Connors questions decision to suspend Bryan and Fish over betting breaches: “Do they wanna go back to the dark ages?”

Former legendary player Jimmy Connors questioned the decision of the IATA to suspend Bob Bryan and Mardy Fish over betting promotion.

Betting has been tied to sports for quite a long time and while tennis has largely resisted partnering with betting providers it's entering the sport slowly. It's becoming more and more prevalent both online and it advertisement circles despite players often speaking how angry bettors harass them on social media.

Connors is not a fan of the suspension because he feels like it's going backwards. He addressed it on his podcast saying:

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"So what's the bad thing? Do they wanna go back to the dark ages? "That (betting) just brings people more involved and get them more interested you know, what is going on with the players, who is the best, how they compete and so forth."

Connors further made the point that betting adds another dimension to it:

"Tennis has been my life, but the excitement of being a basketball fan or baseball fan or football fan, the excitement of bringing that (betting) and being able to get more involved. I wanna watch tennis anyway but what's gonna make me more involved and to be more part of it."

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