Comments on: Serena Williams Outburst Video: US Open semi-final 2009

By: alphamale

alphamale — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:36:12 +0000

WHAT A DOFUSS!

By: AmericanPatriot

AmericanPatriot — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:06:52 +0000

Tim says:
September 14, 2009 at 10:15 pm
U can take the girl out of the ghetto but you cant take the ghetto out the girl…It’s to bad that our children are beginnig to look up to this filth. Mine sure wont….

Tiger is one of the few….

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American Patriot wants to know, “Tiger is one of the few….” what, Tim. Please complete your sentence.

Thanks in advance for sharing your ENTIRE thought!

By: E

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:15:39 +0000

You can’t compare Serena’s outburst of profanity and threats to Johnny Macs tantrums. He was embarrassing and amusing all in one, but he never crossed the line like Serena did.
You can however compare what she did to what Roberto Alomar did, when he spit in the umpires face. Those are images that never ever go away. All respect gone within seconds.

A fine isn’t going to teach her jack, they need to suspend her for at least a year. Tennis TV ratings will actually go up.

By: Bila

Bila — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:48:54 +0000

Ban her for a year? No. Make or have for upright role models eliminate her in the first round of every tournament. Otherwise calling for her to be banned sounds like an attempt at making it easy for the competetion. If she is not a good role model, choose another player. There are many on the tour. Too bad she threatened the lineswoman. Agassi deliberately wacked a ball towards a lineswoman (she had to dodge the shot) he was p***** o** at during a changeover during a semifinal match at Wwimbledon 2001. He was not fined or made to apologize, and there wa no uproar from the snobs.
I hope it is not going to be open season for cheating Serena of points during matches since she is not supposed to getangryor complain.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:46:41 +0000

I don’t remember Johnny Mac ever using profanity or threatening anybody. He just called people idiots, asked them if they were crazy, or if they were kidding him. As for idiots, Dan, she’s from Compton, CA. I guess that’s the hood, not the ghetto.

A little out of line Tim.

By: thingstodomeandu

thingstodomeandu — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:40:52 +0000

Inexcusable, but we all have had blow ups before! Some people are so jugemental when they are the finger pointers!!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:15:43 +0000

U can take the girl out of the ghetto but you cant take the ghetto out the girl…It’s to bad that our children are beginnig to look up to this filth. Mine sure wont….

Tiger is one of the few….

By: chuck

chuck — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:27:29 +0000

The mark of a true champion is how they act when they lose. Prior to this unfortunate outburst, Serena would always have an excuse: My knee hurt, I have stomach problems, I have a blister, etc. Yes Serena wins at matches, but is she a “winner”, is she a “role Model”? Absolutely not.

I have never, ever seen Serena Lose like a Champion.

Quite frankly, I think we have all had enough of Serena. A sports announcer said right when he said “It’s good to see new faces in female tennis”.

I am sure glad the line judge was of Oriental background. Could you imagine if the Judge was a Blonde Blue eyed American. We would have “Rev” Jesse Jackson and “Rev” Al Sharpton all over the news whining and complaining of racism.

By the way the apology was a tad bit late. I hope Serena learns from this, even though it is too late

By: Steve Dotson

Steve Dotson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:19:39 +0000

I for one have never been a fan of the Williams sisters. Serena’s profanity and conduct in the finals of the U.S. Open tennis match substantiate what I have always thought…she has a huge chip on her shoulder. I say suspend her from tennis for a year. Maybe then she’ll get it!

By: Get It Straight

Get It Straight — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:37:48 +0000

Everyone needs to get something straight, especially people who say McEnroe and others have used profanity a lot but never had point penalties assessed against them.

Serena’s big sin in this whole thing was threatening the line judge with physical violence. That’s a million time more problematic than simply using profanity. I don’t remember McEnroe or anyone else ever doing that.

Serena’s clearly-expressed desire to shove the ball down the line judge’s throat (while towering over her and thrusting a racquet in her direction) is what sealed Serena’s fate. Defend her if you want to, but I don’t see how that can be defended, regardless of gender or race.

The officials technically went easy on her. Serena deserved outright expulsion and forfeiture of the match for physically threatening the line judge the way she did. That’s not what happened. All the officials did was assess a penalty point.

So, let’s get it straight. Thanks.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:26:41 +0000

I’d tap that

By: Christel

Christel — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:08:45 +0000

Ban her for at LEAST 1 year and fine her $$$$$ from any U.S sanctioned tournaments, maybe she should play only outside the U.S.A. I am sick of both William sisters!!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:08:17 +0000

Only the linesman, knows whether she felt threahtened ot not.That being said, Serena\’s outburst was in the heat of the moment. As pointed out earlier others have made a living off frequent on court tantrums.

The only difference is she\’s a woman of color and that unfortunately is the reason why some are so outraged. You say – Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo, but it is the ugly truth. Just read the first remark from Kate – \”ghettofabulous!!!\” Serena is black; however, she is not from the ghetto. Any reference to placing her there relies on the stereotypical perception of Kate and others like her.

Don\’t get me wrong, I agree that there is no room for this type of behavoir. I just think it is time we made EVERYONE play by the same rules.

By: brie hairston

brie hairston — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:47:30 +0000

every body makes mistake and yall little haters need to be quite because im sure yall would have react the same way.

By: Jimian

Jimian — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:02:06 +0000

No official deserves to be treated like this especially ones who give their services for free. What a dispicable woman this Williams is, putting this poor defencless women in the public eye when all she was doing was her job (and a job well done, she did footfault).

It was good to see the New York croud respond with their booing when she left courrt, I trust the lines person heard this and knows that we the punter are on her side. Shame on you Williams, with all of your millions ($$$) you treat a hardworking lady in this way. Hope the USTA have the balls to suspend you.