tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post5973965863786939120..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Tennis Channel reverses plan to broadcast Dubai matchesDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-54780975855953613812009-02-18T18:23:00.000-06:002009-02-18T18:23:00.000-06:00Anon, I think you're right--and wrong. I do not th...Anon, I think you're right--and wrong. I do not think the denial of the visa was about any one thing, but rather--a combination of political sentiment, economic concerns and fear of violence. Dubai officials themselves have named all of those factors.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-77947713393242090372009-02-18T15:29:00.000-06:002009-02-18T15:29:00.000-06:00Thousands of Palestinian civilans have recently be...Thousands of Palestinian civilans have recently been killed by the Israeli military and tennis is suppose to go on as usual? I do not believe this is about money. It's about rage and perceived injustice. Political actions do matter---more than sports. Israel's actions have made it's citizens both unsafe and disliked, whether it is fair or not. I am sorry for Peer. Countries that will not allow all players should not hold tournaments, but I do not admire Solomon for cancelling the broadcast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-54983235528941413972009-02-17T13:53:00.000-06:002009-02-17T13:53:00.000-06:00You're right, dearg. And, as the L.A. Times writer...You're right, dearg. And, as the L.A. Times writer points out, a number of them have felt the sting of either discrimination (actually, they've <I>all</I> felt that sting, but have chosen to ignore it) or war.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-25756940514314226812009-02-17T13:51:00.000-06:002009-02-17T13:51:00.000-06:00Hi Diane,thank you for all the posts on your blog....Hi Diane,<BR/><BR/>thank you for all the posts on your blog.<BR/>I have e-mailed on the WTA website (In the Contact Us section), obviously there has been no response from them on this issue.<BR/>I will try and ring them during office hours, I'm only getting an answering machine it's 19.40 p.m. with me.<BR/>I have to say Larry Scott's actions do not suprise me. But the players have left the biggest mark with their apathy to the situation. <BR/>If I remember correctly a number of top players didn't mind getting into a flap last december about the Roadmap.dearghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751443159508828811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-72870901438090938852009-02-17T10:11:00.000-06:002009-02-17T10:11:00.000-06:00It troubles me that people are saying "How does th...It troubles me that people are saying "How does this help Peer?" "How does this hurt Dubai?" <BR/><BR/>People who say such things completely miss the point: Someone has to do the right thing, to set an example. The tour is too motivated by money, and I imagine the top players are motivated, not so much by money, as they are by passivity, much of which is internalized in females by all cultures.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I do wonder where Tennis Channel's social conscience was when women were being publicly trashed by one its commentators. Business as usual, I know, when it comes to this particular type of bigotry.<BR/><BR/>I hope that more journalists pop up like the L.A. Times writer did. People are not very courageous, so they all the encouraging they can find.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-47192732137491579722009-02-17T09:47:00.000-06:002009-02-17T09:47:00.000-06:00A nice symbolic act of support from Tennis Channel...A nice symbolic act of support from Tennis Channel. If only some tour or sport as a whole would step forward, without reservation, and refuse to overlook the forest for the lucrative trees.Todd Spikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291100150348445819noreply@blogger.com