Imagine, Bouchard has killed women's tennis because the WTA and USTA has to give her all money and funds :SNE:
Bouchard Suing USTA
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Bouchard killing women's tennis in so many ways :spit:Imagine, Bouchard has killed women's tennis because the WTA and USTA has to give her all money and funds :SNE:
Is this for real?Opening arguments in at #BouchardVsUSTA.
USTA is shifting significant responsibility to WTA, whose trainers they say indicated that all players had left for the night before USTA staff applied slippery floor cleaner. Reiterating that USTA and WTA are separate
Am I to believe that Stacy is blaming herself? Or the Pro Tennis division at USTA is not involved here?
According to the law and American litigious style, blaming someone for your fall is accepted. But it's an insult to tennis fans and followers and to medicine to blame her tennis failure on the fall, even more ludicrous to blame someone else.
Someone else here was claiming that she was bouncing back, and that's why she deserves compensation. How is 3 wins in a row bouncing back? She did that at Madrid last year as well. Is she back since Madird? Did she fell again but didn't let us know?
Just as top players can have bad tournaments, bad players can get lucky and have a good run here or there.
TBH I never understood the rationale behind Bouchard suing the USTA and the WTA. What did she hope to gain by doing so? They're the ones who helped make sure she got big endorsements by naming her the best thing since sliced bread so wasn't that kind of biting the hand that feeds you on her part? Did she ask for a payout and when she didn't get it went this route? It still makes no sense to me.
Agree, but WTA, yes. USTA? No.TBH I never understood the rationale behind Bouchard suing the USTA and the WTA. What did she hope to gain by doing so? They're the ones who helped make sure she got big endorsements by naming her the best thing since sliced bread so wasn't that kind of biting the hand that feeds you on her part? Did she ask for a payout and when she didn't get it went this route? It still makes no sense to me.
Wasn't that in 2015? Well, she had an incredible 2014 and I do think she was building up again. I think she deserves some compensation.
TBH I never understood the rationale behind Bouchard suing the USTA and the WTA. What did she hope to gain by doing so? They're the ones who helped make sure she got big endorsements by naming her the best thing since sliced bread so wasn't that kind of biting the hand that feeds you on her part? Did she ask for a payout and when she didn't get it went this route? It still makes no sense to me.
She is not suing the WTA
The WTA, the USTA and everyone else that hyped her have a lot to answer for, they created a monster, so they shouldn't be surprised that she turned on them. Then reality brought her swelled head crashing to the floor so slipping and bumping her head on it is all too apt.
Verdict is in: USTA found negligent and liable. Damages phase starts tomorrow.
My understanding is that she's not arguing that the concussion has led to her current form. But if she had gone on to win the US Open, that would have been an extra $3.1 million more than what she walked away with that year. And as a covergirl US Open champion, she could have received tons of lucrative endorsements, substantial appearance fees to play events as a US Open champion, etc. For arguments sake, that may have been another $3 million right there.Is this for real?
Am I to believe that Stacy is blaming herself? Or the Pro Tennis division at USTA is not involved here?
According to the law and American litigious style, blaming someone for your fall is accepted. But it's an insult to tennis fans and followers and to medicine to blame her tennis failure on the fall, even more ludicrous to blame someone else.
Someone else here was claiming that she was bouncing back, and that's why she deserves compensation. How is 3 wins in a row bouncing back? She did that at Madrid last year as well. Is she back since Madird? Did she fell again but didn't let us know?
Just as top players can have bad tournaments, bad players can get lucky and have a good run here or there.
She pulled out of Wuhan and retired in Beijing due to the concussion. Had she won both of those events, that would have been another $1.75 million and would have had her qualify for the WTA Finals, where she could have won another $2 million. That's all completely separate to the fact that she can't hit the broad side of a barn right now.
Would that series of events have happened? Probably not. It's not relevant though. "There's no way she would have beaten Serena in her current form, she lost to Vinci the previous week, etc," are not valid arguments in court. She had just as much of a chance to win as the other 16 remaining players in the US Open and had that chance taken away due to her injury.
Now the real part starts tomorrow
Yeah for Bouchard!Verdict is in: USTA found negligent and liable. Damages phase starts tomorrow.
But I won't lie, I'm pressed. Bouchard spends the last two years making no attempts to improve her tennis, partakes in EVERY media publicity stunt possible; earns literally no prize money, yet consistently makes the richest female athletes in the world list due to sponsors willing to throw every penny at her... is OUT of the Top 100, and is now possibly due millions of dollars after she recovered from these same injuries years ago
Friday should be a good day for Genie and her lawyers!Now the real part starts tomorrow
After what came out in the court this week, the USTA should have settled this a long time ago. Did they ever take this seriously and do their homework? It sure doesn't sound like it.
So if I'm on the jury, going to give her $1 million for every ranking that she went down for the next 6 months after the accident caused by USTA's negligence. That's probably 20 spots, so $20 million. Then she gets the 25% against her taken off. Her award in the case should be $15 million!
Then 20% to her ambulance chasing lawyers, will cost her $3 million.
That leaves her with $12 million, which sounds about right. She can then afford to hire a sports psychologist! :lol:
And the USTA probably could have settled for $5 million before a trial, they are idiots.
Before the fall Genie was an up and coming talent with at least 3 slams in her, now all she's left with is SI swimsuit covers and twitter dates. There simply isn't no tag price for the success she could have had.Is this for real?
Am I to believe that Stacy is blaming herself? Or the Pro Tennis division at USTA is not involved here?
According to the law and American litigious style, blaming someone for your fall is accepted. But it's an insult to tennis fans and followers and to medicine to blame her tennis failure on the fall, even more ludicrous to blame someone else.
Someone else here was claiming that she was bouncing back, and that's why she deserves compensation. How is 3 wins in a row bouncing back? She did that at Madrid last year as well. Is she back since Madird? Did she fell again but didn't let us know?
Just as top players can have bad tournaments, bad players can get lucky and have a good run here or there.
I'm OK with this, TBH, if the USTA were negligent and contributed to Genie's injury.
I don't think this is about liking her or not.
I don't think this is about liking her or not.
I think the USTA will be lucky to get off with that number. Bouchard earned almost two million dollars per season in prize money alone the last two years before her fall. $20M might be the lost prize money alone. We never had a case like this before. If they use the winners prize and bonus ranking money for every tournament a top 20 player could have entered and theoretically won over the next 10 years, we are talking $100M plus easily.Friday should be a good day for Genie and her lawyers!
After what came out in the court this week, the USTA should have settled this a long time ago. Did they ever take this seriously and do their homework? It sure doesn't sound like it.
So if I'm on the jury, going to give her $1 million for every ranking that she went down for the next 6 months after the accident caused by USTA's negligence. That's probably 20 spots, so $20 million. Then she gets the 25% against her taken off. Her award in the case should be $15 million!
Then 20% to her ambulance chasing lawyers, will cost her $3 million.
That leaves her with $12 million, which sounds about right. She can then afford to hire a sports psychologist! :lol:
And the USTA probably could have settled for $5 million before a trial, they are idiots.
This is a joke...she walked voluntarily into a dark room.Common sense isn't too common.
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