She called him a liar and a thief too, and claimed her coach wasn’t coaching from the sideline, which was untrue because he admitted to coaching right afterwards.
The WTA is claiming sexism, but the stats don’t back them up. Men are punished at more than twice as often as women. Interestingly, men get more “time delay” violation and women get more “on court coaching” violations.
Yep, the reason the rules exist and are enforced is so you don’t have a brattish player ruining the game for everyone, which is exactly what happened here. I’m seriously side-eyeing Serena’s “women’s rights” comments because the person who had her big victory ruined and her record possibly tarnished was another POC woman, Naomi Osaka.
I find it (sadly) ironic that this whole debacle went down at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Arthur was the epitome of class on the court. You never saw Arthur engaging in McEnroe-like antics on the court such as breaking a racquet during a match because he was mad.
Not only that. Serena is now the female John McEnroe because women should have the right to be epic brats, just like men. I think this is worse than just a loss.
Yep, the reason the rules exist and are enforced is so you don’t have a brattish player ruining the game for everyone, which is exactly what happened here. I’m seriously side-eyeing Serena’s “women’s rights” comments because the person who had her big victory ruined and her record possibly tarnished was another POC woman, Naomi Osaka.
In a recent podcast interview with David Axelrod, former NBA star Charles Barkley talks about how NBA legend Bill Russell persuaded Barkley to stop publicly complaining about how much income tax he paid (transcription by Steven Greenhouse).
Bill Russell called me one time… He says, “Charles Barkley.” I said, “Yes, sir, Mr. Russell.”
“You grew up in Alabama. Right?” I said, “Yes, sir.”
He says, “Did you go to public school?” I said, “Yes, sir.”
He says, “Did the cops ever come to your neighborhood?” I said, “Yes sir.”
He said, “Any of the houses ever on fire and the firemen come?” I said, “Yes, sir.”
He said, “I don’t want to see your black ass on TV complaining about your taxes anymore.” I says, “What do you mean?”
He says, “So now that you got money you don’t want to help other people out, but when you were poor, other people took care of you.” And I says, “You know what, Mr. Russell, you will never hear me complain about my taxes again.”
And it was a very interesting lesson for me, because I do think rich people should pay more taxes. I’m blessed to be one of them, and we should pay more in taxes. I learned my lesson. I never complain about taxes.
I think Bill Russell needs to make a few phone calls to Congress…
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