Via tweets from people that were there when he did it. Been told it's pretty normal for him.
I can't give you the source, but it's from someone I've never known to be wrong, spends about 2000 hours a year for the last ten years involved with Professional tennis and flies to tournaments every year, communicating with friends from dozens of countries meeting them at various tournaments. There isn't a tournament where they aren't speaking with several who are there.
Roger has always acted "Swiss", what's-in-it-for-me. He did everything he could to avoid getting involved when Rafa spent years trying to get better conditions for players. All Roger had to do was help a little bit, but he forever did nothing, acted neutral, acted Swiss.
Last edited by Kingspoint; 07-16-2019 at 02:05 AM.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
You were absolutely right.
I spoke to the source and our conversation was about sevral topics and it was Kurios, not Federer, who has told kids he won't sign if they are wearing Nadal gear.
The difference of opinion on helping the tennis players came from when they were both on the Council in 2012 and Rafa was trying to improve conditions for the players, while Federer, who has always avoided controversy, wanted to keep the status quo. Why not? It worked for him. Trying to improve conditions for the body of tennis players is swimming upstream. But, that was a difference of opinion on the Council. He and Rafa are good friends even if they don't hang out together. They work together in other ways to improve the sport's following.
I knew my source couldn't be wrong. It had to be me.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
https://deadspin.com/you-re-not-stic...rts-1836413577
You’re Not Sticking To Sports When You Stick To Sports
Sports isn't a safe space.When you’re talking about everyday politics like farm subsidy bills and ****, you have better odds of compartmentalizing it and keeping it isolated from discussions about whether or not the Twins can hang on to win their division. But when a President is screaming GO BACK TO AFRICA at citizen lawmakers and when lawmen are forcibly, GLEEFULLY ripping children away from their parents, and when Trump’s spokesghoul is coyly asking people to identify their race before her, there is no sanctuary from such problems, nor should there be. That is when the political stops being political and becomes a human crisis, one that should be denounced from every rooftop and one that spurs conversations that easily seep into every aspect of American living, including the field of play.
It’s perfectly natural to wonder aloud how having an openly racist President affects athletes, especially those of color and those who may have come here from elsewhere. That’s a sports story, one that a sports industry eager to tie sports to everything else would seemingly be eager to lap up. But I guess it’s just too serious to delve into for fans who would rather ignore all the bad **** because they tactily approve of it. It is NOT natural to forcibly choke that discussion off so that some dude with an American flag in his Twitter handle doesn’t get a burr in his ass about it.
The women's world cup was a lot of fun, that plus a great Wimbledon has been the highlight of my summer when it comes to being a fan, if only the Reds were relevant I'd be in great shape. It's all a retreat but that doesn't mean it's not of the world.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Deadspin is the worst
Chip R (07-17-2019)
Why?
Would it be inappropriate to use her sport as a platform for a humanitarian cause she supports?
Do you find it inappropriate for athletes to use their platform to thank God for all his blessings?
Why is politics specifically taboo?
Any other subjects that are wholly inappropriate?
Chip R (07-18-2019)
BuckeyeRed27 (07-18-2019),Chip R (07-18-2019),dabvu2498 (07-18-2019),M2 (07-17-2019)
I think I've only seen about three Barstool articles. Also generally bad. They're more like third or fourth worst, though.
Judge throws out unequal pay claim made by US women's national team
"The U.S. women's national soccer team was dealt a legal blow Friday when a federal judge threw out their unequal pay claim in the more than $66 million lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner will allow the players' allegations of discriminatory hotel and flight accommodations, training support services and medical support services to stand.
The players, including co-captain Alex Morgan, who is personally named in the decision, alleged in their lawsuit that the United States Soccer Federation violated the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Klausner disagreed on the former.
"[The] history of negotiations between the parties demonstrates that the [women's national team] rejected an offer to be paid under the same pay-to-play structure as the [men's national team], and that the WNT was willing to forgo higher bonuses for other benefits, such as greater base compensation and the guarantee of a higher number of contracted players," he wrote. "Accordingly, Plaintiffs cannot now retroactively deem their [collective bargaining agreement] worse than the MNT CBA by reference to what they would have made had they been paid under the MNT's pay-to-play structure when they themselves rejected such a structure."
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/j..._headlines_hed
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