Wimbeldon 2021

[PaulP]

I think the term Champion is too easily issued by the media, for me to be a Champion you need the whole package, you can't win on court but be an a55hole everywhere else and still be a Champion! McEnroe winner but not Champion, Federer winner and Champion, Nadal winner and Champion??, Connors winner but not Champion, after her Naomi Osaka dummy spit I'm not sure Serena Williams is a Champion.

I suppose if all fans care about is winning and not how a sport's role model will conduct themselves then they are all Champions, but it's clear then we  as fans do not hold them all to the same standard. Which seems hypocritical when we lambaste them at other times for human foibles. 

So I'd assert the Champion moniker is far too easily issued, winners no doubt, Champions well it perhaps depends on personal values.

I appreciate all that. But as I stated previously, it's important to at least try and look at the big picture. He's played thousands of matches over his career, how many timeouts has he called for ? Are they all fake ? Look at his charity work. Look at the work in setting up a new players union that gets a better deal for players. It's not really about just focussing on the on field and turning a blind eye to the off field stuff. On the court and off, he mixes the very good with the questionable IMO, but taking all that into account, he's still a champion in my eyes.