On 2018-09-11 6:57 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-09-11 5:24 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2018-09-11 4:26 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>> Jill, whoever "Byker," is, I am sure most of us know you didn't write
>>> this response to "it."
>>>
>>> And for Serena, it wasn't racism, it was gender bias, very clearly.
>>> No male player in a tournament has ever been penalized a game point,
>>> according to reports.Â* So I, for one, don't blame her for being
>>> angry; I do think her reaction was inappropriate, to say the least.
>>> But I also agree that the referee should have given her a warning.
>>
>> Check out the article linked below. Ramos is a well respected judge
>> who enforces the rules strictly. Earlier in the season he penalized
>> Novak Djokovic and Marco Cecchinato for smaller infractions. Of the 32
>> code violations called 23 of them were against men and only 9 against
>> women. Why should he have given her a warning instead of the penalty.
>> She had already been caught being coached.Â* The coach admitted he had
>> been doing it and his excuse was that everyone does it. Then she
>> smashed her racquet.Â* There is no question about that.Â* When called on
>> that one she confronted theÂ* judge. Sorry, but in my books someone who
>> gets caught might possibly merit a warning. Someone who gets caught a
>> second time deserves the penalty. Calling out the judge who has
>> already hit you with two penalties????Â*Â* Nope... she deserved it.
>>
>>
> One serious e-mailed comment to a newspaper article said that a white
> cartoonist shouldn't have drawn that cartoon, which is carrying cultural
> appropriation to ridiculous levels!
> I thought the cartoon was OK, not that I care a ff about tennis, which
> is more boring than US football.
>
BTW
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