Professor Quixote said:
No you see, it was the ref's job to coddle this 20+ year tennis veteran throwing a tantrum, as if she didn't know what the rules are of the sport she has won 23 grand slams for.
Looked like she got frustrated after making yet another final only to get blown out.
If someone here started verbally abusing the mods after being called out for breaking the rules would that not qualify as a meltdown?
hhmh.
What if I have both of these things, and have no problem calling it a meltdown? What then?
It's the internet. We could all be mutant space badgers. Who cares? People have opinions, and they either are or are not backed up by facts. Sometimes when the facts are ambiguous or disputed, a person's individual knowledge and experience shape their views, but for another to claim to know someone's internal motivations for an action or opinion (like the author of the WaPo piece) with no evidence is irrational.
Sure it's possible, but lots of things are possible. I just don't think it's a useful hypothesis when everything could've just as easily played out if the umpire wasn't biased. As I said, he actually handed out code violations for much less against white male players, and, I mean, Serena was talking for quite a while when the umpire finally handed out the third violation. He could've done that much earlier.
What's the question? This is the post that gif was in response to:
When she didn't let the issue go in the most critical point of the match, "meltdown" doesn't seem preposterous imo
Why bring facts into this. Most people walking into this thread people probably never watch tennis, nevermind the match or even the footage of the situation being discussed.
I wouldn't exactly call them unbiased. A loosening of the rules would benefit them too.
This is where you should probably self-conclude that it's time to bow out of the conversation.
And it's taking away focus from the actual winner. First Japanese woman to ever win?
I guess I misunderstood then, I saw a fair amount of posts and Serena's coach saying it was just something pretty much everyone did and it was more a matter of if you got caught or not.
http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...coaching-rule-grand-slam-tennis-let-change-it
This was the first article I clicked on.
I agree it broke a rule, I was just trying to explain why she would be in a headspace to do that given the circumstances
Well, I think a lot of people are weighing in because this is a pretty big deal. I don't think there's anything wrong with stating your opinion, and I even went above and beyond that and noted my opinion is unqualified. We're just having a conversation here, trying to gain a better understanding, if you'd rather not engage with me or others who aren't familiar with the sport that is certainly up to you, I will leave the conversation when I feel I have nothing more to add or when I have no more questions or have cemented my opinion.
Why are you not surprised?
Forgive me if I'm wrong (and I believe we've had similar conversations before), but I get the sense from your posts you think people are overreacting to racism, or things perceived to have a racial component.
If you want the underlined to have meaning, start banning.
