Ajla Tomljanović vs America

[PaulP]

More of a vote against Court.  Her social views are not compatible with her being the GOAT, ergo, its very sign of the times to erase anything that doesn't fit.

My argument is that had she not had these views, no one would be interested in erasing her sporting achievements.  There have even been calls to take her name off the stadium at Melbourne Park.  Is it fair?  That's a different discussion not linked to her sporting achievement.

I appreciate you answering my query, but I think there's a conflation of different issues here, and it's getting hard to disentangle one from the other.

Her sporting achievements, in terms of the raw numbers, are a matter of historical fact. This isn't Nineteen Eighty-Four. There is no attempt to erase history, because there can't be. How you interpret and contextualize her achievements relative to other players, is the issue.

I also don't believe that removing her name from Margaret Court Arena is an attempt to diminish her sporting achievements, and I don't think that's possible. You could possibly argue that it is a back door punishment for her opinions, but once again, that's a separate issue and not linked to sport. This is a political and social issue, and her feats in tennis will remain unchanged. I don't believe anyone will think she is a lesser tennis player if her name is removed, or because of her beliefs. They may think of her as a lesser human, or an uninformed human, or a stubborn human with outdated ideas etc., but once again, that's not related to sport IMO.