Many here seem to implicitly accept the popular culture myth where the good hero has to fight the evil villain on the latter's own turf and terms, beat them in their own game to validate the good guys' moral position.
In the real world, evil wins more often than it loses, and that's why it is perpetuated. Naomi does not need to be a better or comparable player to Sharapova to criticize her. And Sharapova's winning her next match, Stuttgart, or even Roland Garros would not negate the ethical cloud surrounding her wildcards. Being good at tennis has nothing to do with being a good person.
I've wonder why FreeSpiritRebell always is so anti-Sharapova but then I had a good look at his avatar and suddenly the pieces fell together...poor sod :lol:
Re: Naomi Broady Puts Sharapova Wild Card Debate To A Vote On Twitter
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If this and the Ostapenko incident are anything to go by, we can see that Naomi is a crusader for justice. :lol: I do agree with her in this case though.
If this and the Ostapenko incident are anything to go by, we can see that Naomi is a crusader for justice. :lol: I do agree with her in this case though.
Re: Naomi Broady Puts Sharapova Wild Card Debate To A Vote On Twitter
Considering her ranking, I understand that she could be feeling particularly aggrieved that wildcards are going to someone who was caught doping when they could ostensibly going to her. So no, this is most certainly not the behavior of an attention-seeking shit-stirrer.
Re: Naomi Broady Puts Sharapova Wild Card Debate To A Vote On Twitter
Damn. Maria better hire good bodyguards cause the lockers are now an unsafe place for her. I wonder who will be the first one to write "cheater" or "doper" on her locker.
Damn. Maria better hire good bodyguards cause the lockers are now an unsafe place for her. I wonder who will be the first one to write "cheater" or "doper" on her locker.
Okay, then let's do for all WC situations. Singling out one person (no matter what the reason for needing WC) like this is the opposite of fair-play and is close to harassment. Just STFU and let the tennis authorities decide.
I'm stunned a journalist hasn't already opened a poll like this (or maybe they have and I've missed it?). Broady's doing a service to tennis asking for a public vote, even if it is on a garbage platform like Twitter. In fact....
This will always be about money. The owners and sponsors of the tournaments who gave Sharapova wild cars knew Maria is going to bring far more money than any unknown talented youngster or than ,for example Goerges. Money will always be above such things as morals, and the controversy of the decision will only add to the money they will gain. Its sad, but its the truth of this world, and nothing is going to change that.
The amount of willing people sponsoring that >>> the amount of boycotters. Its not like a lot of players are willing to boycott tournaments which gave Maria wild card. Morals will never be applied to anything related to bussiness. Thats the way bussiness works :shrug:
...Broady's doing a service to Porsche in this case, and any other tournament sponsors. I can't imagine they didn't 'focus group' it before hand, but she's certainly getting a broader sample of public opinion than an in-house sample could provide.
Imagine if the pool were 95-5% against, and the company were now dealing with a large sample who are massively opposed to providing preferential treatment to their brand ambassador coming back from a professionally embarrassing doping suspension? I mean, I don't think people voting on a Twitter poll are a likely Porsche target demographic, but still, as a 'test the public' gauge, this is pretty spot on.
As another example, the French Open and Wimbledon can't put a poll like this in the field, but this is the kind of thing they're likely looking at to test public reactions.