A tough, but right punishment

Leighton Bennett he made a name for himself at a young age and was even called the new Phil Taylor by some experts. However, at the age of 18, his career was in ruins after he was banned for eight years for match-fixing.

Bennett was caught cheating last September during the Modus Super Series and recently received a penalty from the Darts Regulatory Authority (DRA). A punishment that is absolutely not surprising Michael van Gerwen. “No, not at all. I completely agree with that,” he said Sportnieuws.nl.

“I’m not shocked by it, I think it’s completely justified. I think there were more things that happened after that that just couldn’t get through. That it has come together and they want to deal tough with this rock. How can they do this? Punishing hard as a rock. It sets an example.”

Raymond van Barneveld believes the eight-year suspension is fully justified

Warnings

Raymond van Barneveld also fully agrees with the DRA decision. “A strong but just punishment. I completely understand that at the age of eighteen you can be rather thoughtless at times. But if you were so easily talked into giving away games… There were so many warnings that it wouldn’t help.” be treated harshly. Perhaps the punishment should be life imprisonment. This would absolutely shock the entire darts world. Then everyone would think it’s not right, it shouldn’t be like this and it can’t be justified.

Current world champion Luke Humphries He also likes the fact that match-fixing is treated very rigorously. “Stupid, stupid boy. We want to ban this type of thing in sports. It shouldn’t even occur to you. If you also deny this and are found guilty, you will have to take the strictest measures. Hopefully this will keep any match fixers away. Integrity is important in our sport.”