Relationship Between Tennis and Gambling - Worldwide Tennis Ban

WORLDWIDE TENNIS BAN

For years, there has been a close relationship between tennis and gambling. As time goes on, the problem only worsens. The gambling issues related with tennis comes with match-fixing, where players will purposely lose so that people betting on the game win money. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) puts on approximately 60,000 fixed matches per year. In Europe, during the months April to October 2014, the gambling yield, that went towards the fixed matches, was €116 million ($125,669,180). This gambling aspect to tennis is allowing an increase of minor league matches to have more revenue. What would the purpose of tennis be if the major league and minor league are making a great deal of money, win or lose? This problem seems very difficult to solve, but an obvious solution would be enacting a worldwide tennis ban.

Aside from the obvious fix to the gambling issue, there are many other pros to banning tennis. The plastic used to make tennis rackets would no longer be necessary, reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and amount of plastic in our oceans.The rubber used to produce tennis balls would also become unnecessary, and less would be produced, resulting in less oil drilling.

In addition, banning tennis would free up many able-bodied individuals to become productive members of society. Their incredible hand-eye coordination would allow them to be great surgeons or mechanics, but this is only a fraction of their potential. There are almost 12 million tennis player in the U.S. alone, so the combined force of their labor could truly change society for the better. The removal of tennis courts would allow for extra space for beneficial places such as parks, schools, or libraries. There are an estimated 750,000 tennis courts in the world, and with an area of 260 square meters each, this adds up to 195 million square meters of space that could be put to a better use.

Another pro is the chance to finally rid the awful style of clothing that tennis players are calling “Style.” We can benefit the homeless people living in the United States and other countries by donating these clothes to them. Although some people might use these clothing as rags or pillow covers, it still serves the purpose of providing clothing to those in need. Since tennis players are always wearing white to reduce heat intake and to symbolize the color for tennis, this would provide the popular “white colored tee-shirt” to many people to either dye the shirt or keep the shirt. Tennis apparel also cost ranges from $30-$80 for a single tee shirt. I can buy at least 6-7 tee-shirts with $30! The absurd matching colors with their shorts and their tee shirt and the long arm bands, not to mention the hat with the goggles. Are you playing tennis or getting ready to ski down a mountain. They seem to need