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From: jsl@princeton.UUCP (Jong Lee)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Re: tennis pro behavior
Message-ID: <1105@princeton.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 23:11:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 23:11:48 1985
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>  I think one possible solution to the McEnroe Syndrome might be to give point
> penalties instead of monetary fines. In football, teams lose yardage for
> illegalities; they don't fine the offending player $XXX. Other sports have
> similar rules, and why not do the same in tennis? An obscene gesture such as
> Connor's masturbating his racket handle could cost him the point or even the
> game. Another tactic might be to give players a certain amount of time before
> serving, say, 1 minute or so. One problem here is that many of the problems
> are somewhat fuzzily defined; we're talking about penalizing players for 
> "bad" or "unsportsmanlike" behavior. These are nebulous concepts, unlike
> football's "offsides" or "holding." Just where should we draw the line? A
> player has every right in the world to be upset over a faulty line call that
> might cost him 1000's of bucks. But HOW upset?
> 
>  
Where have you been?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!
Point penalties have been "in effect" for eons!  These rules aren't
worth diddly squat anyway.  If a point penalty causes the #1 or #2 or
etc. seed to be upset, will the game benefit?  I mean, will 
Princess Di, Tatum O'Neil, and Harold Milquetoaste pay $xxxx to 
watch Shlomo Glickstein battle Hans Schwaier in the (....) finals?
You bet your sweet @&& they won't.  So if you are offended by these
clowns gestures, don't watch (at least not the replays, live action
is hard to censor, I admit), avoid certain players whom you think may
act up, etc.  Or be like the French and enjoy the bozos make a fool
of themselves and embarrass their friends and relatives.
a game, which "may" (this 

> Ron Morgan (ut-ngp .UTEXAS)
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