Posted on 09/06/2020 2:51:29 PM PDT by EdnaMode
CLASSIC "Learn the rules, play the game." He broke the rules of the game. He intentionally hit a ball which struck a person... the rule is even stated in the article. What's so difficult about it?
Sounds like "tooth and nail" might be called for here.
Gee, why wasn’t the judge wearing a mask and plastic face guard?
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And of course, protective netting for the fans. A splintered racquet flying into the stands might cut someone’s jugular.
No need to be racist.
I thought it was banned for sounding like an ethnic slur.
Didn’t look intentional
It was a setup.
Am I allowed to say the word, “dick”, on this forum? Djokovic is a dick.
Djokovic had no reason to be upset at the point, as Carreno-Busta had outplayed him on a p== drop shot (am I allowed to suggest that pejorative here?). Djokovic was just playing head games with his opponent, which is what has won him more than a few unearned tournaments.
And he wants to create a competitor players association to the ATP: he just lost that fight today.
Can I say “douchebag” here?
“Is it necessary to have an uncontrollable temper to be a champion?”
“You canNOT be serious!”
-John McEnroe
Not necessary but not uncommon.
It was?? Oh dear!
It seems like tennis and basketball players are among the worst (I remember what Kermit Washington did to Rudy Tomjanovich).
My favorite story was in football from Baltimore Colts lineman Art Donovan.
Art Donovan never played for the Rams, but he did play against them. Donovan recalls a tackle for a loss he had against Ram QB Bob Waterfield on first down. Waterfield told Donovan that he was going to get him. Donovan only laughed. Waterfield, after all was a QB, and Donovan was a big defensive lineman, how could Waterfield “get” him?
On the next play, the o lineman blocking Donovan stepped out of the way. This was Donovan’s big chance. He made a beeline for Waterfield. Waterfield DRILLED the football directly into Donovan’s face. No face guards in those days, either! From that moment on, Donovan could only respect a man who would spend a down to settle a score.
Can somebody help me.
CLASSIC “Learn the rules, play the game.” He broke the rules of the game. He intentionally hit a ball which struck a person... the rule is even stated in the article. What’s so difficult about it?
Whats so difficult, is that I see players do that in every single match. Every one! Next time, you watch a match and see if players don’t hit balls back to the back wall. Normally they do this without looking. Players do that hundreds of times. And all players do it. This judge was talking in the middle of the back area and not paying attention to what was going on, on the court. She was out of position. She is taught to always be aware and protect herself.
What the video, it was completely unintentional. He didn’t mean to hit her
>> It seems like tennis and basketball players are among the worst (I remember what Kermit Washington did to Rudy Tomjanovich).
I challenge you to identify someone in all of sports any more classy than Roger Federer.
The tempers show in Tennis because they are all alone on the court. The bad ones REALLY stand out.
Wow. CBS reported that without blaming President Trump? Amazing.
He’s a foreigner? From the Baltic States? Maybe he took the phrase “Grand Slam” a little differently.
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