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I knew they paid him over time, but didn't know if he was found guilty that it would be voided. Didn't they also get rid of Baker Mayfield who was their QB before Watson?meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:50 pmI’m guessing if he’s found guilty, the contract will be voided and they won’t have to pay him the rest. They pay him that amount of $$ over time, not all at once.
Just guessing. If they knew charges were pending before they signed the contract, surely they built in an exit clause.Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:01 pmI knew they paid him over time, but didn't know if he was found guilty that it would be voided. Didn't they also get rid of Baker Mayfield who was their QB before Watson?meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:50 pmI’m guessing if he’s found guilty, the contract will be voided and they won’t have to pay him the rest. They pay him that amount of $$ over time, not all at once.Cuckoo4Coco wrote:
If he is found guilty that will be a lot of wasted money.
That is sad especially in these sorts of situations where they should take a strong stand against violence and assaults.
But hey tennis isn't about, well, all of the above.At various points in the same match, Năstase spat at his opponent, refused to play after the crowd booed him, and called the umpire a “son of a bitch”. When his opponent tied the match in the decisive set, Năstase smashed a ball at a photographer and swung at him with his racket. Năstase would go on to win the match, but was suspended for 21 days and fined $1,000.
“Players were getting away with murder,” says Kaufman, who was in the crowd for an even more infamous match three years later between Năstase and the equally difficult American player John McEnroe, in which the Romanian behaved so badly that the umpire awarded McEnroe the match. The umpire himself was eventually replaced and, after a 17-minute delay, Năstase was reinstated. The crowd were so riled that fights broke out in the stands. The match was completed with police on court.
Oh Wow, spitting at an opponent and smashing a ball at a photographer and only getting that sort of suspension and fined $1000 dollars. He probably could have reached into his wallet and pulled that kind of cash out of it and paid that on the spot.ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:07 pm From the above article:
But hey tennis isn't about, well, all of the above.At various points in the same match, Năstase spat at his opponent, refused to play after the crowd booed him, and called the umpire a “son of a bitch”. When his opponent tied the match in the decisive set, Năstase smashed a ball at a photographer and swung at him with his racket. Năstase would go on to win the match, but was suspended for 21 days and fined $1,000.
“Players were getting away with murder,” says Kaufman, who was in the crowd for an even more infamous match three years later between Năstase and the equally difficult American player John McEnroe, in which the Romanian behaved so badly that the umpire awarded McEnroe the match. The umpire himself was eventually replaced and, after a 17-minute delay, Năstase was reinstated. The crowd were so riled that fights broke out in the stands. The match was completed with police on court.
Very perceptive. 1979 USO. Fourth round, IIRC (but not sure).Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:15 pm ...
Oh Wow, spitting at an opponent and smashing a ball at a photographer and only getting that sort of suspension and fined $1000 dollars. He probably could have reached into his wallet and pulled that kind of cash out of it and paid that on the spot.
Was the match against McEnroe and Nastase at the US Open perhaps? It sounds like something that would happen in the stands at that event.
I thought the prize money would have been less, but that is a lot less.ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:20 pmVery perceptive. 1979 USO. Fourth round, IIRC (but not sure).Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:15 pm ...
Oh Wow, spitting at an opponent and smashing a ball at a photographer and only getting that sort of suspension and fined $1000 dollars. He probably could have reached into his wallet and pulled that kind of cash out of it and paid that on the spot.
Was the match against McEnroe and Nastase at the US Open perhaps? It sounds like something that would happen in the stands at that event.
Prize money at the time was considerable less than nowadays. Borg retired, for example, with $3.5MM in prize money. That is less than what the current USO winner gets. So $1,000 was reasonable, at the time (as a fine).
Nastase was truly a disgrace on court, on several occasions.
PLayers, and even a line judge, have been suspended for gambling on tennis matches on several occasions.