Just watched Andy Roddick, US retired Tennis player, won the US Open, was number one in the world, say Serena was mistreated.
He said he did much, much worse and never was given a game penalty in his entire career.
And John McEnroe did less but got himself disqualified. Mary Carillo came out today and unequivocally pointed the blame at Williams. Carillo won mixed doubles at Roland Garros with none other than McEnroe, who she's known since they were kids. She's been sportscasting tennis for nearly 40 years now. She's pointed out that this is a highly respected umpire who has called matches involving Williams many times, not in any way sexist or racist, and is well known for being strict. He penalized multiple male players during this tournament for coaching violations.
Williams received no different treatment than any other player in this tournament, or from this umpire. She simply reacted differently.
And she was defending herself from the Ump's claim that she was cheating.
No she wasn't, and he never said that. Anyone who knows much anything about pro tennis knows that the anti-coaching rules have always been a contentious issue. The burden of a coach's behavior is placed on the player on the premise the player will ultimately hold a coach accountable in the long run if she or he costs the player matches. Some feel it's unfair to penalize innocent players. But it's also unfair for a player to benefit from their coach breaking the rules even if the player didn't want the coach to do it. The rules prohibit on court coaching, and the warning and penalties are enforcement measures.
Williams has been in and around this game for her entire life. She knows that receiving a warning for a coaching violation is not an accusation that the player was cheating. It's simply a penalty assessed because
holding the player ultimately responsible for her or his coach, even if the coach is going rogue, is the most effective way to preserve the integrity of the game.
The fact that she reacted the way she did is actually very odd. She's defending accusations that weren't made. I've already stated that I don't believe she was trying to cheat, or that her coach was trying to cheat--I think it was more a momentary lapse of judgement caused by enthusiasm getting the better of him. But the way she's reacted is so suspicious it makes one wonder if maybe there was some malicious intent after all.
I know all these USMB Republicans want to jump on her because she's black. It's who they are.
Yeah, they really prefer the black woman over the black woman.
You mean, that time 20 years ago when spectators were saying nasty things? That is so completely relevant to this.
You remember the hair beads? They were noisy, would sometimes break and litter the court, and many opponents were complaining that they should be considered a violation of the hindrance rules. Remember how the Williams sisters tried to call it racism?
Remember how their father used to complain that it wasn't fair when they were matched up against each other and tried to demand that the should be placed on opposite sides of the brackets? Remember how the family tried to claim racism when tournaments refused to alter their seedings that way? Remember how it was just a plot so they could make more overall money, by avoiding one sister eliminating the other in an early round with both sisters hopefully advancing further into the tournament on opposite sides of the brackets?
Oh, you don't remember any of that? Then you really shouldn't bother saying anything, because you're much too uninformed to say anything that matters.
