Tennis

[Logique]

2018 Australian Open, and they've learnt nothing. The so-called heat policy is a joke.

The Open does nothing unless the air temperature is 40C (= on-court +70C). Monfils & Djokovic had to tolerate on-court 72C yesterday. Just plain dangerous.

It's cruel to watch these athletes suffering through matches, especially during the day when the Open won't even close the roof.

 

[MrBurns]

Very dangerous and irresponsible but the sponsors come first I guess.

 

[Country Lad]

I like watching the tennis but haven't seen much because regardless of who is playing, if there is screaming by the women or grunting by the men, I turn it off.

I can't understand why they do not simply call it cheating, which it is, and ban anybody doing it. The noise would stop overnight.

 

[dutchie]

Too many overpaid divas (male and female) and boring. Needless to say I don't watch.

 

[Logique]

Great women's final. But at the presentation, again no Margaret Court, who probably told them where to get off.

But Billie Jean King, who last year publicly attacked Court's legacy as our greatest women's champion, even suggesting removal of Court's name from the stadium - well she swans in from the US and is feted and invited onto the stage.

 

[Tisme]

Great women's final. But at the presentation, again no Margaret Court, who probably told them where to get off.

But Billie Jean King, who last year publicly attacked Court's legacy as our greatest women's champion, even suggesting removal of Court's name from the stadium - well she swans in from the US and is feted and invited onto the stage.

Margaret Court only won the Oz Open ~11 times? What makes her so special when it comes to sport?

 

[SirRumpole]

I'm surprised Navratilova wasn't there as well, throwing daggers at Margaret.

 

[Tisme]

I'm surprised Navratilova wasn't there as well, throwing daggers at Margaret.

I had to look it up. Seems MC won it 10 times and Nav 3 times? Weighting those with the SJW indice that would put Nav way out in front by about 3:1.

 

[SirRumpole]

It seem few sports can escape being used as battering rams for some social justice cause whether it be lgbxyz, feminism, indigenous or multicultural. I can see quotas coming for all of those in sporting teams soon.

 

[Tink]

The Stalinists have hijacked Melbourne

Good on you, Margaret Court.
Don't let them silence you.
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https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa...ean-kings-transgender-criticism-ng-b88713610z

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/threads/freedom-of-speech-and-protest.31657/page-6

 

[SirRumpole]

A gruesome injury, poor bloke, no wonder he retired.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...-forced-to-retire-aus-open-semi-final/9366730

 

[sptrawler]

Great to see someone so great as Federer, be so humble about winning, it's nice to see someone get emotional about something they have been gifted with.
Usually we see winners telling everyone how great they are, or people who get given everything, telling everyone it isn't enough.
Jeez he is a breath of fresh air.IMO

 

[Tisme]

The Stalinists have hijacked Melbourne

Good on you, Margaret Court.
Don't let them silence you.
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https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa...ean-kings-transgender-criticism-ng-b88713610z

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/threads/freedom-of-speech-and-protest.31657/page-6

What she really said on Vision Radio. My attitude is : so what if she said what those two blokes masquerading as women have fabricated to get themselves in the spotlight. Navratilova and King should be ones getting their names expunged from the books et al for being the true haters of mankind and deluding themselves as being important anymore.

https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/what-did-margaret-court-really-say/

Here is what Court actually said:

“The gay lobby is behind that bullying programme in the schools. And, you know, children not knowing … they’re taking out ‘he’ and ‘she’ and you become an ‘it’ and a ‘we’ and a ‘they’. And, you know, if you feel like being a girl you can dress like a girl if you’re a boy. And if you’re a boy … uh, I think what confusion for a child. I get confused just talking about it.

“When I was little, I was very much a tomboy. My mum used to say to me, ‘you should have been a boy’. I could kick the football better than anybody, play cricket. But you know what? I always knew I was a girl. And I was conscious and I was brought up like that. And I liked wearing shorts but I liked wearing dresses. And there was never any other thought that was ever said.

“But with the literature, the bullying, the stuff that’s put out today into children’s minds, I tell you what, if you haven’t got parents who bring you up that way, and you’ve got parents who don’t care and you’re hurt and offended by somebody saying something to you or … I tell you a child can just start to think well, maybe I am a girl, when they’re a boy. Or maybe I am a girl, when I’m a boy. Your thoughts, and even medically they’re knowing now, they say the mind is a battlefield.

“That’s why I wrote that book, ‘Train Your Brain’… it’s all in the Bible. God’s got so much in there about the mind, how it affects us, affects our emotions, our feelings. You can think, ‘I’m a boy’ and it’ll affect your emotions and feelings and everything else. That’s all the devil. That’s what Hitler did and that’s what Communism did: got the minds of the children. And there’s a whole plot in our nation and in the nations of the world to get the minds of the children.”

Earlier in the interview, Court told Johnson she had decided to refuse pre-recorded interviews for fear of being misrepresented.

“I said I’m not doing it unless I go live. Because they just misinterpret you or they edit things and it’s nothing that you said. So I said I’m not doing that any more.”

Margaret Court will not be attending the Australian Open this year, choosing instead to spend time with her family in Perth.

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[sptrawler]

I wonder if Tomic fulfilled his contract, for "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here", and received the cash?

 

[SirRumpole]

I wonder if Tomic fulfilled his contract, for "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here", and received the cash?

Personally I think Tomic is showing signs of a deteriorating mental condition and I think he needs professional medical help.

Otherwise I have no interest in what he says or does.

 

[Tisme]

Personally I think Tomic is showing signs of a deteriorating mental condition and I think he needs professional medical help.

Otherwise I have no interest in what he says or does.

He'll end up like our long distance swimmer if he continues with the self pity.

 

[Miss Hale]

I wonder if Tomic fulfilled his contract, for "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here", and received the cash?

Apparently not, you need to stay two weeks to get the money.

Like SirRumpole, I too think he needs help.

 

[sptrawler]

Personally I think Tomic is showing signs of a deteriorating mental condition and I think he needs professional medical help.

Otherwise I have no interest in what he says or does.

I think the troublesome twins, having to qualify through the preliminaries, is starting to hit home.
So rather than just get on with playing the game, Tomic is going to try and roll Hewitt, best of luck with that.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis...c-broadside-exposes-rift-20190115-p50rdz.html

There is two choices, be a team player, or go fund yourself. IMO

 

[jbocker]

There is two choices, be a team player, or go fund yourself. IMO

"Fund" was not the word that came to mind.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Mark Knight has been sent on holiday... to Siberia... without his phone and laptop.