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Originally posted by DanH:
I'm half and half on this one. This umpire has had a history of taking far worse insults and threats from male players yet give no quarter to Serena. However, Serena did go complete apeshit and I've minor offense turned into a big one for little reason.

Serena Williams did this to herself by taking this up with the ref on the court and then loosing her temper.

But I did a little reading, and if her point was that she was being treated differently than some other players (who were men) on the original infraction, then her point had some merit.

But she took it up in the wrong forum and in the wrong way.

I bet tennis refs wish they had the power baseball umps have - to throw someone outta there.

#MeToo

Seriously, how hard do you have to stretch to make this a sexism issue? She pitched a fit, got the penalty.

I promise if old McEnroe was playing with the attitude now he had before, he'd get slapped around too.

This has been her schtick from the get go hasn't it? Whenever she chokes she cries about how it is an "ism" / oppression. It's damn near planned it seems.
She goes into every match half cocked looking for an "ism", that seems to be all she is about. Every interview she has ever done she talks about all the isms.

I used to play sports of all kinds. I excelled in some of those sports to very competitive levels. I remember when some of the other players began to age and their skill was in decline. They acted much the same way Serena did. At those levels of competition the decline begins so subtly it is hard to detect and appears to other causes like poor reffing, bad luck or cheating from the opposition. At some point the trend becomes undeniable and the athlete either accepts it and moves on or tries to compensate with bad behavior until he/she is forced out. I remember when I left high level competition. I was still at my best but realized the sport was never going to love me back and there were other more productive things I should be doing.

Serena should consider this, put away her ego before it destroys her reputation and move on gracefully. However, I suspect she will eventually heap ignominy on herself and try to shame anyone who tells her that is what she's doing.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
I used to play sports of all kinds. I excelled in some of those sports to very competitive levels. I remember when some of the other players began to age and their skill was in decline. They acted much the same way Serena did. At those levels of competition the decline begins so subtly it is hard to detect and appears to other causes like poor reffing, bad luck or cheating from the opposition. At some point the trend becomes undeniable and the athlete either accepts it and moves on or tries to compensate with bad behavior until he/she is forced out. I remember when I left high level competition. I was still at my best but realized the sport was never going to love me back and there were other more productive things I should be doing.

The above was really well-stated. I did simulated medieval combat for 25 years. The first 15 at really high competitive levels. But then I got into my mid-to-late 30s and the "kids" coming up were just a bit quicker and then noticeably quicker, and us uber vets who wanted to stay on top compensated by superior technique and gear eventually...but is not quite enough. And then I, and others like me, start ignoring shots that (we tell ourselves) did not quite hit hard enough, or were blocked sufficiently (when they were not quite)--all in the adrenalin-fueled competitive nature.

Time goes by, the new sword jocks start griping about the old timers who cannot take not being the best and borderline cheating. And then you recall saying the same sort of things coming up. Time to accept reality and keep swinging if it is fun, or step aside...

I don't know who drew that cartoon, but they'd better batten down the hatches. Big lips, big nose, frizzy 'fro. Whitey in the background, talking to the pretty blonde. Oh my.

She succinctly demonstrated why so many Americans have such disdain for these so called "professional athlete role models".

I've played sports for most of my life. There are times I think the refs made terrible calls. Calls that could and did affect the outcome of games. Sometimes a ref will listen sometimes not. In the end, you have to just let it go and play the game.

I've never seen someone argue with a ref and the ref go "oh your right I screwed up let me change the call" Even if the ref is wrong and knows if they are not going to change the call.

Right or wrong at some point, you have to just suck it up, get over it and play the game.

2018 U.S. Open Women’s Singles Champion is Naomi Osaka, who beat her idol in straight sets. Serena lost her composure, leading to the loss of the decisive second set. She lost the first 6-4 as well. Trying to make this some kind of battleground for “women” is just stupid and so unfair to a young woman who should be celebrating the best day of her life.

Rush today about this.
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"I don’t know how many of you paid any attention to what happened in the U.S. Open, but Serena Williams melted down. She got swamped. She lost in two sets. She was never in the match. She got skunked by a 20-year-old upstart who, interestingly, is also a minority female. She’s Japanese, spent some time growing up in America, but her heroine her whole life has been Serena Williams and her dream was to play in the U.S. Open finals against Serena Williams.

And it happened on Saturday, and she beat Serena Williams, and they made her cry! They made her feel like excrement for daring to beat Serena Williams. Serena Williams was left to complain that the judges were being unfair, the referees were unfair. She threw her racket in disgust after losing a point, started shouting that she’s never cheated, that she’s honest, that she’s got a daughter now, she’s tried to be an excellent role model, demanding that the referee owe her an apology.

And the tennis elite circling the wagons around her thinking the referee blew it. They had no problem booing the winner at the U.S. Open. They booed the winner! I’m telling you, folks, the comparisons are many. That U.S. Open women’s tennis final, a microcosm for how Trump is treated by the elites in Washington. Same thing. How all of us are treated, in fact. Expected to lose. Expected to be second or third class. Supposed to apologize for winning and then reject the victory and give it back, make allegations that our victory was tainted by cheating that benefited us.

A lot of people are saying, “Well, Rush, you’re missing the point on this. It’s ’cause of race.” It’s not race, because Naomi Osaka I think has got some Haitian, did somebody say? Haitian. Somebody said Haitian. So she is a woman of color as well. She is Japanese, Haitian. It’s not race, folks. This is elitism. This is pure “We’re better than you. We are in an upper class and you’re not.” That’s what this is.

Now, Serena Williams is one of the chosen beneficiaries of the elites’ affection because she does check off all the boxes. But they’re also legitimately impressed with her talent. But that’s not the primary thing. I just don’t think race is the primary, predominant factor here in what happened.

I think the expectation that she is chosen, she is the perennial representative of leaders and of winners and that this defeat of hers was a personal affront to the elites, not just to her. How dare that other girl win! They made that other girl feel like crap. When she was given the trophy, when she was awarded the trophy, she was in tears, and she did apologize.

She apologized for causing all of this that upset Serena Williams. And Serena Williams sat there and nodded as though that’s exactly how this young upstart ought to behave. I don’t doubt there’s a lot of sympathy for Serena Williams because of her race, but this is elitism, folks. It’s more about being an accepted insider and losing to some exciting new outsider that drove ’em nuts.

At the awards ceremony, let me tell you about this ’cause I’m telling you that the similarities are striking. At the awards ceremony, the winner, 20-year-old winner, Naomi Osaka covered her face with her visor and cried. The crowd booed her! The president, the chairman of the United States Tennis Association, a woman named Katrina Adams opened the awards ceremony by criticizing the winner and speaking longingly of the loser.

The chairman and president of the USTA actually said while the winner is there holding her trophy, “Perhaps it’s not the finish we were looking for today, but, Serena, you are a champion of all champions.” I’m sorry. “Perhaps this is not the finish we were looking for today, but Hillary you are the women of all women, you’re the champion of all champions.”

And then the president of the United States Tennis Association turned and addressed the crowd and said, “This mama,” meaning Serena Williams, “This mama is a role model and respected by all.” This role model had just embarrassed herself with numerous meltdowns, demanding apologies, accusing the referee of cheating her, not being fair and all this. It’s classic. There are no manners anywhere. There is not a single institution, it seems, that we can turn to and rely on for just common decency.

And I’ll tell you why. It’s because every damn thing in life that the left has touched has been politicized by its ideology, liberalism. How dare they! This young woman, this was her dream to play against the best and win, and she wanted the respect and admiration of Serena Williams. How many of you can relate to this in whatever you’ve chosen to do in your life? I sure can. I can relate to this in all kinds of ways, by the way. “Perhaps it’s not the finish we were looking for today, but, Serena, you are a champion of all champions. This mama is a role model and respected by all.”

They were sad! They didn’t get the result they wanted, and they let the winner know it! And she’s standing there crying, and she ends up apologizing for winning! Meanwhile, Serena Williams out there shouting, “I don’t cheat to win. I’d rather lose! You stole a point from me!” The winner, Osaka, Naomi Osaka, accepted her trophy while crying! She never smiled. When asked if it was true that it was her childhood dream to play against Serena Williams, she side-stepped the question, even though she had answered it previously.

You know what the winner said? “I’m sorry. I know that everyone was cheering for her, and I’m sorry it had to end like this.” And the New York tennis elite and the USTA, “Yes. You ought to be sorry. You damn well ought to be sorry.” Who do you think you are beating our beloved Serena Williams? You ought to be sorry.” They made her feel like two inches tall. And then they felt great about themselves afterward."

Not a huge fan but I never viewed tennis as a sport where one tried to win through intimidation.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I don't know who drew that cartoon, but they'd better batten down the hatches. Big lips, big nose, frizzy 'fro. Whitey in the background, talking to the pretty blonde. Oh my.

Yup, especially since Serena's opponent was Japanese/Haitian

Disgusting. Prior wins and wealth do not entitle one to such behavior.

And doesn't matter that other refs or other players were not penalized. To me, that's kind of like speeding tickets. Sometimes you get one, sometimes you don't. Doesn't matter if the guy in front of you or behind you or beside you didn't get one even though they were going at the same speed or faster. You were speeding, you got a ticket. Deal with it.

These people aren't 'professionals' - they get paid for winning. But they aren't professionals. There is more to being a professional than just winning or having some skills.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I don't know who drew that cartoon, but they'd better batten down the hatches. Big lips, big nose, frizzy 'fro. Whitey in the background, talking to the pretty blonde. Oh my.

I thought the pacifier was a nice touch!

Just found out about this:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...Serena-Williams.html

I should've known that it was a foreign cartoonist. No one based in the US would DARE insult Queen Fucking Nefertiti.

Anyway, it tickles my funny bone.

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Originally posted by GWbiker:

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
The crowd booed the little gal that that won.

THAT is really the sad part of the incident.

I agree with your agreement. It is also the part that got under my skin. I actually enjoyed watching Serena melt down. I was like, "honey get some popcorn . . ."

then the crowd booed her. She was crying about how everyone hated her, and she idolized Serena.

Wanting some alternate opinions on this I went to deadspin and theroot. What a fucking mistake! Fucking morons making excuses for the crybully. Clean your rifles, the country is filling up with nihilists and moral contrarians. And BJK needs to shut up. Until the coaching rule is changed, its the rule.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Just found out about this:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...Serena-Williams.html

I should've known that it was a foreign cartoonist. No one based in the US would DARE insult Queen Fucking Nefertiti.

Anyway, it tickles my funny bone.

Here's one of the comments at that site:



Someone needs to introduce that commenter to the word, "caricature."

It's not as if he depicted her as setting fire to a CVS.

he he he

Fuck her and fuck everyone who supports this stupid tantrum she pulled. Fuck all of 'em.