McEnroe fears (Russian) mafia infiltrating tennis

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Breitbart.com

US tennis legend John McEnroe expressed his concern on Friday that organised crime, such as the Russian mafia, could be infiltrating tennis.
The former world number one believes that threats to tennis players or their families could be forcing them into throwing matches.

"The thing that worries me is that mafia types, like the Russian mafia, could be involved. That's potentially pretty dark and scary," McEnroe told The Daily Telegraph.

"I think that's the side that people aren't really looking at with these match-fixing stories. Someone may have threatened the players, and they are put in a situation. I'm guessing that could happen. That would make more sense to me than top players throwing a match for money.

"Throwing a match for money would be stupid, as you would be risking losing what you've worked for your whole life. It seems crazy that players would take that risk for money. It would make more sense that they've been threatened in some way and that's why they're doing it."



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[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. photos of the alledged ring leaders

[Barrett808]

2. So there's a lot of money in the...tennis racket?

sorry, had to say it

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Weirdest headline of the year

:thumbsup:

[davidinalameda]

4. not really

there were questions about the upcoming Davis Cup matches and possible outside interferences

[Captain Hilts]

5. The Russian mob - and the protection rackets - were/are a real problem to the NHL. nt

[MinM]

8. FRONTLINE® mafia power play

frontline: mafia power play: the russian mafia in north america: rcmp report

Russians regroup on other side of the red line

Slava Fetisov (center) arranged the Cup's first visit to his native Moscow after Detroit's 1997 championship. Slava Kozlov (l) and Igor Larionov (r) helped him lift the Cup in the shadow of the Kremlin.

totally unrelated Yahhhhhhh: Canadian PSAs Are Clearly Not Messing Around

[lovuian]

6. McEnroe is sounding the alarm at Corruption

its Everywhere

[pegleg]

7. Corruption in pro sports? Imagine that.

[tom_paine]

9. I've got no sympathy. Sorry, but Imperial Amerika is ruled by a criminal mafia.

Let the Russian Mafia muscle their way in for some of that good, rich Amerikan Pie.

Oh, that's right, these are RICH PEOPLE and Bushies who are being terrorized by a Mafia.

Our Mafia can't tolerate that. If anyone is going to terrorize and extort from their mooks, it's gonna be the Bushie Mafia.

So perhaps our law enforcement, increasingly staffed by Bushie Crminals and all of them taking orders from Bushie Criminals, might actually do something about this.