CV and mad panic behaviour

[madbluboy]

Why?  He should have just flown home.

We have given a world wide star an inside look at how we treat asylum seekers.

[capcom]

Obviously I don't glorify a tennis player to anywhere near the level you do. 

[Thryleon]

Is anyone really surprised that amateur hour and red tape seems to be the order of the day?


For those that are playing at home, Novak is not your regular anti vaxer.

He's a confessed Vegan which makes his feats to become not only world number one, but arguably the greatest Male Tennis player of all time even more remarkable.


The irony is not lost on me, that most people seem to be making this more about how they view Novak on a personal level. 

[LP]

Is anyone really surprised that amateur hour and red tape seems to be the order of the day?

Also legal loopholes, media spin, deception, white male privilege and theft.

In the long run, this guy will leave quarantine, roll up to play, get armchair treatment from the event organisers to placate his rage, and earn yet another hollow victory built more of intimidation and deception than skill!

Whingers are winners!

[Thryleon]

Also legal loopholes, media spin, deception, white male privilege and theft.

No one is spinning more than the people on this forum.

[LP]

No one is spinning more than the people on this forum.

Yes, you are absolutely right, Djoker really is Jesus!

[cookie2]

More about bureaucratic bungling, politics and incompetence.

[kruddler]

Is anyone really surprised that amateur hour and red tape seems to be the order of the day?


For those that are playing at home, Novak is not your regular anti vaxer.

He's a confessed Vegan which makes his feats to become not only world number one, but arguably the greatest Male Tennis player of all time even more remarkable.


The irony is not lost on me, that most people seem to be making this more about how they view Novak on a personal level. 

Similar could've been said about a former world number 1 who came back from cancer to reclaim his title.

I'm not sure if tennis players are on the same gear as cyclists, Lance Armstrong says hi, but it's hardly done with just diet and hard work.
Maria Sharapova was on something legal for a decade before it was banned.

Personal or not, don't put these athletes up on a pedestal, you will be disappointed.

[ElwoodBlues1]

No Vax, so no Visa and no medical exemption.. What was so difficult.?

[Mav]

He's so used to pushing around chair umpires and tournament directors that he naturally assumes he can do that outside the tennis bubble.

You can see that in the reaction of Novak and Serena to being ejected from the US Open (Novak for smacking a ball into a lineswoman's throat and Serena for threatening to shove a ball down the throat of a diminutive lineswoman). Normal people would realise they'd gone too far and be crestfallen but not these 2. Novak blew off the scheduled press conference after the game which would have been a perfect opportunity to show remorse. Serena's reaction to being docked points for coaching from the stands was the classic reaction of someone who thinks rules should be bent for the stars.

But why wouldn't they feel they have that privilege? After all, the ATP and WTA are run by the players. Unlike team sports, there's no coach who can discipline them either. The players employ their coaches and are free to sack them if they speak too freely. We've seen how well Tennis Australia was able to control Bernard Tomic when he started throwing his weight around.

The classic was when Richard Gasquet was able to escape a ban after a positive test on match day for cocaine. He argued it must have been on the lips of a girl he kissed in a bar which outraged the girl involved. And Andre Agassi boasted in his autobiography that he was also able to avoid a drugs ban by forging a letter from his mum.

The truly remarkable thing is that the sport has also thrown up 2 role models in Federer and Nadal. How did that happen?