Now the judges will have to wear helmets and protective gear around their necks, can’t risk that happening again.
Well at least there is some penalty for assaulting a line judge with a projectile. Open season on police though.
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.
Human judges are completely unnecessary.
Even my rudimentary AI skills could write a program to rule on tennis as there are at most 4 people, one ball, well defined and easily monitored and measured boundary lines, and instantiatable rules.
Rulings about ill temper could be from a judges stand in the broadcasting booth.