That assumes a bias that rich people won't be corrupt. Forget tennis, take ordinary life. Quite often, it is the lower middle class and lower class people who play by the rules and don't cheat to get extra money. More often, it is those who have a lot of money who cheat.
I would not assume that just because someone has lot of money, he wouldn't be interested in cheating.
I get your point on general purposes: that it is often rich people who know better how to game the system, and cheat to get more. This I agree with. But I do think that things work a bit differently in tennis. It's an expensive game to play, so, for the lower-ranked players there is greater incentive to cheat. It costs them a lot to travel, pay coaches, etc., whereas, players that earn a lot by winning legitimately have less incentive. On top of that, they have greater incentive not to test the powers that be by cheating. Let me trail your theory out: if Feliciano Lopez planned to throw his doubles match, then he probably faked an injury to lose v. Mannarino...to make it look legit. If so, he would have lost the money for that round v. Mannarino (this was on grass, so he'd have had a decent chance to win,) and the points. All of this to pick up some payday from betting sharks, and at the risk of his reputation. Now, I haven't run the numbers on his payday in that round in singles, nor his points to win, but I do have a hard time believing that whatever they'd have paid him to throw a doubles match (FFS) could possibly have been worth it. Look at the cost-benefit analysis. Maybe you can tell me that huge money changes hands over lower rounds of doubles matches at Wimbledon. You're the guy that posts the betting odds. Surely you understand this better than I do. But you have to admit that Feliciano would have been giving up more than just the money for losing in the singles and the doubles. They would really have to offered him a LOT. I think you take my point. It's not just a generic point as to whether people are corruptible. It's very specific to this case, and I find the chances that Feli would have gone for it to be small.
