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Wimbledon referee makes a noise over grunting
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| 6-18-2005
Posted on 06/19/2005 12:56:59 AM PDT by kingattax
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posted on
06/19/2005 12:57:01 AM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
It would be very simple to use electronic noise meters. It goes off - you're disqualified.
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:05:21 AM PDT
by
SteveMcKing
(What happens in Vegas -- stays on your record.)
To: kingattax
One of those "there oughta be a law against everything" kind of guys.
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:06:07 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: kingattax
Much ado about nothing...
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:06:16 AM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: clee1
perhaps, but the original noise maker was Miss HA-HEE herself, Monica Seles, was soooo annoying (I believe her first name was Monica)
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:17:12 AM PDT
by
tina07
(Bush/Cheney'04)
To: clee1
I think they use it as a weapon. They often grunt louder when they hit the ball lighter to throw off the opponent. Anything for a small advantage... Personally I think it sucks and is a low thing to do - lets just play tennis without all the distractions.
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:18:21 AM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: tina07
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:18:48 AM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: kingattax
To: kingattax
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posted on
06/19/2005 1:58:26 AM PDT
by
Waco
To: DB
One does wonder why baseball and softball players generally don't grunt at all when they hit a much heavier ball a much greater distance than tennis players do.
To: kingattax
Grunting noises made by female tennis players as they strike the ball are getting out of hand, and rules should be changed to crack down on the practice, Wimbledon referee Alan Mills has said, according to a report. What a control freak. One of those who seems to believe that the world revolves around him.
I'll bet he still wets the bed.
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posted on
06/19/2005 2:38:59 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(But It's A Dry Heat...)
To: SteveMcKing
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posted on
06/19/2005 2:56:21 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: kingattax
Alan Mills, at his age, might consider that he's lucky to be in the presence of hot young women grunting. Here is a pic of one of them not grunting. I hope it makes him feel better:
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:01:05 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
To: tina07
Her nickname was Moan-ick-a Seles.
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:05:33 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: kingattax
Personally I agree with the referee.
It has gotten out of hand. It is annoying, disruptive and unnecessary. It's not about control or follow-all-the-rules.
As mentioned, golfers, baseball players don't grunt. There's a certain decorum expected in all pro sports. This grunting falls outside the scope of said decorum.
My wife and I have to mute the TV to watch professional tennis.
p.s: my wife went to school on a tennis scholarship and is a 6-time Atlanta city champion at the AA-2 level. I was only Atlanta city champion once.
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:06:26 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: kingattax
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:07:00 AM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(When in doubt, cite the Commerce Clause)
To: kingattax
This referee must have no sex life to speak of.
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:09:54 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Do Cats and Dogs know that they are going to die someday?)
To: Blueflag
And one more comment ...
As is my choice, I no longer watch pro football because of all the show-boating. The Patriots are an exception ...
To me, the showboating in the NFL ruined the game as a team sport -- the NFL is NOT the NBA. Likewise, the over-the-top grunting spoils the sport of tennis.
In tennis, you CAN call a fault for spoken or voiced noises made by your opponent that disrupt YOUR game. Likewise, so can the referee.
Deal with it in your own way, but the ref is right.
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:17:29 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: kingattax
I remember a few years back when an official said of Monica Seles "I'd hate to be in the motel room next to hers on her wedding night".
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:18:31 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: kingattax
I suppose a prohibition on the unseemly act of prespiring will follow......Ungh!
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posted on
06/19/2005 3:26:08 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
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