Bob Bryan and Mardy Fish got suspended from tennis by the IATA for a while after they retweeted betting content on their social media.
Both were members of the US Davis Cup squad, which made them subject to suspension by the Integrity Agency. Jimmy Connors, a former player, is perplexed by the IATA's decision to suspend them after they both retweeted content about gambling.
"So what's the bad thing? Do they wanna go back to the dark ages?," said Connors who thinks betting can be greatly beneficial to a sport. "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."
"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?" added Connors.
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