Serena Williams cries "discrimination" over drug testing

[Unknown Pleasures]

I mean the Russian team and the Sochi Olympics.
There had a whole operation set up to beat the tests.

Check out the documentary Icarus if you haven't already.

 

[MastercraftG]

The umpires are deciding whether to boycott Williams games until she apologizes for her vile conduct and attacks on the official


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report...s-matches-fearful-next-ramos-2-220947324.html

Bahahahahaha!!! This is awesome

 

[The Diplomat]

I can see that you're determined to make empty allegations about everything and everyone that don't line up with your unsupported opinions.

Chick hides in a panic room from a drug tester, knowing full well that it's possible, and then calls foul.

She needs to stop playing the race, or woman card, because she know it's not about that. It's above that. It's not a race thing, or a biological thing.

It's a Serena Williams thing. She is who she is. She's *that* good, but she's also *that* crazy. Those two usually don't mix too well, thus you're getting headlines.

It's actually pretty damn normal, in these instances.

 

[jrams]

The umpires are deciding whether to boycott Williams games until she apologizes for her vile conduct and attacks on the official


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report...s-matches-fearful-next-ramos-2-220947324.html

They're just being bitches now.

 

[ProBoxingInsidr]

The umpires are deciding whether to boycott Williams games until she apologizes for her vile conduct and attacks on the official


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report...s-matches-fearful-next-ramos-2-220947324.html

i just came to post this. i know they wont have the spine to do it, but my god i wish they would. that would be incredible

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Interesting. If Nadal's name pops up, would you disqualify him from any sort of all-time great commentary?

Given that I think his style was tilted more towards speed and athleticism as compared to skill and grace like Roger and Novak, I think I'd have to say Nadal would should be fully removed from the convo.

May not make sense, but if Roger or Novak got pinched, I just wouldn't think it would be as big an advantage as it would be for Rafa. Maybe I'm just on the Rafa hatorade lol.

You are on the hate. His style plays better in clay, because that favors movement, recovery, and counter. No fighting the atheltic/aggressive style. But then he gets won over by skill on non clay courts.

If not pinched, the court style can explain the difference in outcomes, since he mainly won French open titles. If on PEDs.. or more so than normal for the sport, that should elevate him to win on other paved and grass courts.

But clay courts specifically favor the athletic prototype

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Not to sound like a twat, but this case kind of reminds me of the Mike Brown story where someone was acting like a turd, got punished, and some rubbish story of unfair treatment comes out.

 

[ProBoxingInsidr]

They're just being bitches now.

i think they have legit reason to be concerned. the wta and usta have not backed them at all. they are terrified they will get labeled as sexist or racist or whatever so at best they have remained neutral and at worst backed serena. and the thing is that NOBODY is questioning if he made a wrong call. they are questioning if it was fair to call it against serena. so they cant trust them to back their calls, so it is fair for them to consider this

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

You are on the hate. His style plays better in clay, because that favors movement, recovery, and counter. No fighting the atheltic/aggressive style. But then he gets won over by skill on non clay courts.

If not pinched, the court style can explain the difference in outcomes, since he mainly won French open titles. If on PEDs.. or more so than normal for the sport, that should elevate him to win on other paved and grass courts.

But clay courts specifically favor the athletic prototype

Interesting. I think of stylistically the roids would help someone who is the athletic type, and helps his body stand up to his style. And I think he did manage to win some on paved and grass courts in his prime.

I will say this, in terms of muscle mass, it looks like both Serena and Rafa are standouts to their peers. I thought Rafa was short and that's why he is stockier... but he's actually 6'1". Definitely not tall by tennis standards, but not short. Serena though... sheesh.... I can't think of any other female tennis player even close to being in her muscle mass league.

 

[jrams]

i think they have legit reason to be concerned. the wta and usta have not backed them at all. they are terrified they will get labeled as sexist or racist or whatever so at best they have remained neutral and at worst backed serena. and the thing is that NOBODY is questioning if he made a wrong call. they are questioning if it was fair to call it against serena. so they cant trust them to back their calls, so it is fair for them to consider this

I understand the anger to not be backed up. However, this has happened once and it seems people are slowly siding with Ramos because he's acted pretty inline with this his entire career. Threatening to boycott unless they are apologized to just makes them children as well. It wasn't a big deal, but Serena played the sexism card and now they are scared shitless. Grow a pair and do your job.

 

[SpartanKhmy]

Serena's clit is bigger than my dick guaranteed

Can't blame Sernea for using the sexism victim card if the left wing nut media enables/encourages it. If the ump was a Robertson instead of a Ramos she'd throw out the race card too.
#diversity

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Interesting. I think of stylistically the roids would help someone who is the athletic type, and helps his body stand up to his style. And I think he did manage to win some on paved and grass courts in his prime.

I will say this, in terms of muscle mass, it looks like both Serena and Rafa are standouts to their peers. I thought Rafa was short and that's why he is stockier... but he's actually 6'1". Definitely not tall by tennis standards, but not short. Serena though... sheesh.... I can't think of any other female tennis player even close to being in her muscle mass league.

Rafa has had a LOT of injuries over the years. His build also favors clay. The calves and torso help him shift weight and momentum/inertia more readily.

But at the same time, his long term longevity is also question, considering those injuries .

I dunno , kind of hard to not think the majority of these people aren't on something. But PEDs are like a science, so if you have to hide in a panic room, or run from testers (wanderlei), it is just a whole next level. Plus on top on potential illegal things, you know they have a trainer and nutritionist optimizing all legal supplements, and other beneficial, legal therapies (hyperbaric oxygen chambers, professional stretching/massage), legal injections for anti-inflammatiom, etc.

Like trt and others are hard to test... But if you're running from text... then like what exactly are you on? Lol.

Especially when recurrent roid rage incidents.

 

[IDL]

You are on the hate. His style plays better in clay, because that favors movement, recovery, and counter. No fighting the atheltic/aggressive style. But then he gets won over by skill on non clay courts.

If not pinched, the court style can explain the difference in outcomes, since he mainly won French open titles. If on PEDs.. or more so than normal for the sport, that should elevate him to win on other paved and grass courts.

But clay courts specifically favor the athletic prototype

Clay courts amplify the bounce too so players with a big top spin can gain from that. Nadal obviously known for his big top spin.

 

[jrams]

But at the same time, his long term longevity is also question, considering those injuries .

He's 32 and #1 in the world. Only 4 players have won a major at an older age than his French Open this year.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Clay courts amplify the bounce too so players with a big top spin can gain from that. Nadal obviously known for his big top spin.

This is also very true.

He's 32 and #1 in the world. Only 4 players have won a major at an older age than his French Open this year.

Yea. Tennis is also different than a lot of sports. Unlike combat sports, you don't need to work your way up as a pro. Even at 17, 18, you can be a huge commodity already. Unlike Football, much less likely to have a career ending injury, or a brutal career making you retire early

The round robin between Fed, Nadal, and Djoko highlight 3 major themes in all of sport. Skill vs athletic (Djoko vs Nadal) and then older vs youthful (Federer who is better than both, but older vs both of them).

The of course the talent pool is one of the biggest in the world for sport, so there are always dark horses.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

 

[therealdope]

Interesting. If Nadal's name pops up, would you disqualify him from any sort of all-time great commentary?

Given that I think his style was tilted more towards speed and athleticism as compared to skill and grace like Roger and Novak, I think I'd have to say Nadal would should be fully removed from the convo.

May not make sense, but if Roger or Novak got pinched, I just wouldn't think it would be as big an advantage as it would be for Rafa. Maybe I'm just on the Rafa hatorade lol.

I think they are all blood boosting. No way they play with that speed for 5 sets.

Nadal is pretty much guaranteed to be a former Fuentes customer. Jesus Manzano talked about spanish tennis players being in Fuentes' office. Who the hell else could he be referring to?

On 5 July 2006, Fuentes was indignant that only cyclists had been named and said he also worked with tennis and football players.[2]

 

[sangreporsangre]

Looks like that venerable paper of Woodward and Bernstein is basically Salon at this point. What a fuckin joke.

 

[Ripskater]

Looks like that venerable paper of Woodward and Bernstein is basically Salon at this point. What a fuckin joke.

The sjw mentality is to not have respect for authority. Like the two guys at starbucks who wanted to hang out in the coffee shop and not buy anything. Manager and police ask them to leave if they refuse to purchase anything. But they would not, so the cops had to arrest them.
Serena was the same way, no respect for the referee. She just kept verbally assaulting him, so he had to get control of her. Or else it would never stop.

This same mentality you see with the left sjw's with the police.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

The sjw mentality is to not have respect for authority. Like the two guys at starbucks who wanted to hang out in the coffee shop and not buy anything. Manager and police ask them to leave if they refuse to purchase anything. But they would not, so the cops had to arrest them.
Serena was the same way, no respect for the referee. She just kept verbally assaulting him, so he had to get control of her. Or else it would never stop.

This same mentality you see with the left sjw's with the police.

I don't get what is so hard about this to understand.

I have had several SJW friends post about how unfair this was to Serena, and they of course resorted to "whataboutism" and posted clips of male players losing their shit too.

I'm like, "okay...they were wrong too. how does this justify or mitigate the actions by Serena?"