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Message: [QUOTE="cancontent, post: 4175270, member: 10709"] 1) I have to challenge you on the "nobody outside of Indiana liked it". If that was the case, how was he able to convince players of the caliber he had to come to the program? How did he end up getting the sponsorship deals he signed over the years? In high school during the late 80s/early 90s, my coaches talked about Bobby Knight with awe in their voices. And we're talking Ontario, Canada which is WAY outside of Indiana. Same for McEnroe. You may have hated and appreciated his talent, however it caught the attention of others who became fans of the sport because they saw something they could relate to. At the time, his behaviour may have been frowned upon, because of what was considered acceptable, however it never went away and eventually the perception of a "tennis player" and how they should "act", changed. And he profited off it as well, so obviously the public didn't have an issue overall. 2) I'm pointing out what I consider to be a double-standard. In my opinion and from my experience men seem to get a pass more than women in this case. Similar to when people thought Serena shouldn't be talking back to umpires during tennis matches, it's okay for male players to blast the umps without any reproach or punishment. I appreciate the fact that you don't appreciate no matter who uses the language, however I come from a background where the double-standard would be applied in this case, along with many others and it never made any sense because it was hypocritical. You may not think it's a good look and that's okay. Others have a different opinion and that's okay. Like I said, no one in this thread are going to agree 100%. [/QUOTE]

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