Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:56 pm
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That's an interesting question. I would guess that the linespeople have a collective contract that states their employment rights are based on U.S. law or something.dmforever wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 6:15 pm
If they don't suspend him and he does actually physically harm someone, I wonder if the linespeople and/or chair umpire would have a case against the ATP on grounds of unsafe working conditions. Maybe they already have that case now, though I guess it would depend on Mexican law, in this case.
Kevin
Is he a draw at all? Does anyone outside of us hard core or soft core tennis fans even know who he is, outside of maybe Germany? Maybe I'm just not very clued in.skatingfan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:50 pm Any suspension of Zverev would have to include either Indian Wells, or Miami, so it's absolutely not going to happen.
Are you saying that Zverev will have some influence in how much or little they decide to punish him? Why would they (the ATP, the tournament organizers) care? I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm just trying to understand what you mean.skatingfan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:47 pmNo, but those tournaments are too important for Zverev's season for him to miss them.
The ATP would rather the matter, like everything else that presents negative headlines, just went away. Zverev will get some sort of fine, and a warning, or maybe a probationary period like Kyrgios did. The ATP, and tournament organizers don't care about the players, but they also don't want the headlines as to why Zverev is not playing.
This is true but there's been a running battle between fans and the ATP/WTA about fan videos. That said in this case there is a fandom that will always take the position that players other than the one they stan are being coddled and protected. Personally I think they're close to the edge but why take this particular fan video down especially when many fans have no access to or were unaware of the sites that are able to post it without repercussions. I didn't even know that there was a feed for Amazon videos until today.JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:12 pm Just FYI, the pilling down of video is not because of what happened, but who is posting it and how. I posted video of it in the other thread even though someone already posted a YT video of it for this very reason. The ATP is FANATICAL about who is allowed to post videos of their content. They have gotten to a place where they do allow people to post gifs of a lot of stuff after going scorched earth on some prolific Twitter users a few years ago that used to do it regularly, but they do not do that with video content.
It's just not how they operate. And why I posted the video from an account that is one of their partners, not a random user. If that video comes down, then you know ATP is trying to cover it up completely.
ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:51 amThis is true but there's been a running battle between fans and the ATP/WTA about fan videos. That said in this case there is a fandom that will always take the position that players other than the one they stan are being coddled and protected. Personally I think they're close to the edge but why take this particular fan video down especially when many fans have no access to or were unaware of the sites that are able to post it without repercussions. I didn't even know that there was a feed for Amazon videos until today.JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:12 pm Just FYI, the pilling down of video is not because of what happened, but who is posting it and how. I posted video of it in the other thread even though someone already posted a YT video of it for this very reason. The ATP is FANATICAL about who is allowed to post videos of their content. They have gotten to a place where they do allow people to post gifs of a lot of stuff after going scorched earth on some prolific Twitter users a few years ago that used to do it regularly, but they do not do that with video content.
It's just not how they operate. And why I posted the video from an account that is one of their partners, not a random user. If that video comes down, then you know ATP is trying to cover it up completely.
That the video was pulled when it was pulled only feeds the stans. At the time the video was pulled there was no other access (to my knowledge) of a legit site where the video could be seen.
That said I think he should be suspended for at least 6 months. Will it happen? Nope.
I don't think she was.