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 Part of that 55 million comes from media. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 1
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 This is true...but in tennis she has a unique level of agency. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 2
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 she doesnt have an issue w/ the media itself |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 6
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 it can be a bit of both |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 9
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| Yep. People keep missing this point. Its always her right to pick and |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 16
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| the nuance is lost here |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 73
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| I hope she gets better |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 3
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| ^^^^ |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 4
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| I hope we get better |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 5
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| I feel bad for her but when you enter the tournament |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 7
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| ahh.. is it interviews or just the French and her clay game? |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 8
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| from her statement "The tennis press has always been kind to me" |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 10
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| I get that.. but I’m not sure that means its the only reason |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 11
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| I watched that 2018 finale and the crowd was terrible |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 12
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| i read an article ystday where she stated that depression played a part |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 47
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| according to her sister the clay is the root cause in this case |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 49
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| yeah...however it goes depression and anxiety are definitely real... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 50
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| "Otherwise just dont play in it." |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 15
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| after the FO said they'd fine her and possibly kick her |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 18
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| They did what they had to do. She did what she had to do |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 19
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| yep and small tournaments absolutely will |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 21
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| Good point.She is empowered to say NO. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 24
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| "the way this stuff works" is made up |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 20
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| ^^^ this right here |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 22
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| Looking at the athletes suffering today |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 25
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| it's 2021 - we can just decide to be easier on each other |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 29
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| I dont feel responsible for the way athletes feel |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 41
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| Lol |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 48
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| if I was a betting man I would put my money on the house |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 61
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| "Have to" doesn't mean anything here |
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Jun 01st 2021 |
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| I hear you but nah.. I don’t agree |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 58
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| ^ |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 39
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| That sounds like a negotiation to me. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 43
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| RE: after the FO said they'd fine her and possibly kick her |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 54
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| I agree BUT.... to reporters it is the end all be all to them |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 79
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| Any reporter who thinks they shine in those post match interviews |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 86
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| nah.. I don’t mean showing up the athlete in the interview |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 105
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| «Good Job, French Open. Now we can focus on what’s really important: |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 13
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2KPPzKJrbg |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 14
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| Agreed but she's not Lebron lmao |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 17
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| Yeah, having teammates to back you up really helps. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 26
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| she’s not Bron, and she doesn’t have a Richard or Venus around her |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 30
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| first time I heard Lebron give an interview |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 23
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| The French Open or the press isn’t the issue here. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 27
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| A whiff of sexism |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 28
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| RE: A whiff of sexism >>>> 100% agreed |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 32
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| Eh they literally just hit Kyrie with this shit earlier this season |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 33
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| Yeah, she could never tho. She’s her and it’s tennis |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 35
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| and plenty of people said Kyrie was crzazy/annoying |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 37
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| A whiff of sexism? |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 45
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| Ron Artest was forced to get therapy after spending 20 days in jail |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 55
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| No. Ron stated David Stern was right in suspending him for 86 games |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 59
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| he was ordered to therapy as part of his prison sentence |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 82
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| Playing tennis and competing might be theraputic to her |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 31
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| Yes |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 34
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| Ricky Williams had anxiety |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 38
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| The media isn’t harsh to her, though. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 46
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| the #2 player in the world is emotionally weak? |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 56
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| ^^^^Internet doing what the internet does best. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 40
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| Realistically, she wasn't doing it back then |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 42
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| and the pressure to stay on top has to be brutal |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 44
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| Yep, a lot of people eating off of her talent |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 60
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| If I could afford to fall back from work, I def. would. I'm not mad at h... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 36
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| Wish I had fuck you money |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 51
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| word |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 57
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| Lots of interesting takes in here. Good post. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 52
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| she exposes the discrepancy between physical injuries and mental ones |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 53
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| you're right. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 126
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| Grand Slam Tennis leaders pledge to address Osaka's concerns... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 62
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| just read the #11 player tapped out after falling in a media session |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 64
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| Punishing someone experiencing a mental health crisis isn't the answer..... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 63
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| Look, man. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 65
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| evidently she can... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 66
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| This is not the same thing as calling in sick, |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 67
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| she is not employed by Roland-Garros. she is a contractor |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 69
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| There is no such thing as financial freedom. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 72
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| no.. she isn’t easily replaceable. This is false |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 76
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| She is easily replaceable |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 80
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| no one said she would shut down the tourney |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 81
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| GST says you're loud and wrong LOL... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 83
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| What does that have to do with the tourney going on? |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 84
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| GST played chicken and lost... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 85
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| not having one of your sport's biggest draws compete is a loss |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 173
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| She can and she DID... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 68
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| No one backed her into a corner. |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 75
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| You want it to be one way © Marlo... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 78
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| Blaming someone suffering with mental health issues |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 87
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| I remember I was having |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 70
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| can't she Marshawn Lynch |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 71
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| That's pretty much what she's been doing all along... |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 74
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| ^ |
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Jun 01st 2021 | 77
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| RE: Osaka and the right to refuse |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 88
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| OkayPlayer posted this on the IG feed |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 89
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| This is incredible. I love this!!! |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 90
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| That was beautiful.. and the way Venus was smiling when her father |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 91
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| Yeah - first you see the confidence in her original answer. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 92
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| She did have that look like "Get 'eemmm", lol |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 93
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| Word. That clip brought a smile to my face |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 101
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| ^^^ |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 97
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| I remember the first time I saw that in the 90s I wanted to punch that d... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 104
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| That is so dope |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 127
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| Osaka can do whatever she wants, but I have to ask... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 94
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| maybe.. but Marshawn is built differently |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 102
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| sure, but it did get better. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 103
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| It didn't get better, Lynch retired... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 106
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| some coaches and media will speak on it when the questions are dumb |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 107
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| Check the edit before you continue... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 108
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| let's not pretend Lynch retired because of the media. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 110
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| Stop moving the goalpost... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 111
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| no it got better in the sense that they stopped asking him so much shit. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 116
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| Context & clarity: it never got better for Lynch... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 119
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| okay man. really not worth debating. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 120
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| Okay, player. LOL |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 124
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| I think it ended in a stalemate |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 125
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| in 2018, NO beat her sport idol |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 95
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| Questions for folks who watch tennis (or at least the Black athletes) |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 96
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| they all get asked the same type of questions really |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 98
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| you may see her as the press darling |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 100
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| interesting |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 109
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| a few answers |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 99
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| Thank you |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 112
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| Here is the thing. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 113
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| Its peculiar how after all these posts in here you still dont get it |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 114
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| Ok, you make a lot of fair points here. Especially comparing across |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 115
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| ^^^Exactly. Some type of common ground. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 117
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| Right. But I also agree with Mori's and Bambino's pushback to your |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 121
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| RE: Here is the thing. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 118
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| Off topic, but Kyrgios revels in being the bad guy |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 122
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| Yeah, but he still gets battered by the press. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 141
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| it doesn’t have anything to do with bad press |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 130
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| What if it affected her ability to perform on the court? |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 123
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| I think this is the 'wobbler' |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 128
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| Interesting read of Serena's thick-thin comment lol. I thought she was |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 129
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| Serena was low key dissing. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 131
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| Interesting. Not my read at all. Then again I don't really follow sports... |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 133
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| lol true |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 136
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| This Argument works against her though. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 134
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| this guy? |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 146
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| I would think pre-game vs post-game interviews are very different |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 154
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| coaches HATE those players in game quarterly interviews |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 158
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| Pop cracked me up with the 1 word answers in the in-game interviews! |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 164
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| hey allstah..its 2021..join us |
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Jun 02nd 2021 |
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| hey allstah..its 2021..join us |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 132
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| This is a good argument why she should do interviews no one made here |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 135
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| I 100 percent agree with this. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 137
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| Yeah you the only one here worried about how this hurts Nike. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 139
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| No. I agreed with your point. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 140
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| She didn't get to skip, she was prepared to pay the fine |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 138
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| competitive advantage? lmao.. if that was the case more would simply |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 144
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| obviously the "anyone can pay the fine" point has been made... |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 174
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| There are a lot of hypocrites in this thread. |
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Jun 02nd 2021 | 142
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| Lol |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 143
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| To be clear, I do think this may indicate she is not as mentally tough |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 145
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| this is bullshit. Its not weakness, its STRENGTH |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 148
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| ^^^^ |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 161
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| thank you for saying this. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 171
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| You just listed a bunch of team sport athletes |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 147
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| Kevin Love is a great example of an individual in a team sport |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 149
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| ...and nobody $hit on him for it...he was celebrated for speaking up |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 150
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| I’m sure some fans shit on Love |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 152
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| RE: but it was mostly before we knew what he was going thru |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 155
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| fans want their athletes to be super hero’s who never |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 157
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| ^^you and legs are killing this subthread |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 162
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| you have grown folk calling her mentally weak |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 169
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| ^^^ Great reference IRT Ricky Williams |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 172
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| Cool. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 160
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| She should have to do press so she can be like Tiger (c) you |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 163
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| Rules apply to everyone. That’s why we call them rules. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 165
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| Are you okay? |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 166
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| dude’s back is impressive.. cause he stay moving goal post |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 167
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| No. I’m fine. And you know damn well what I’m talking about. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 170
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| She withdrew.. wtf are you talking about? |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 178
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| 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 182
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| wait.. you realize most people trashed Loves game |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 168
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| No one is trashing her mental health. Far from it. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 176
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| no.. you are switching up again, you referenced OKS trashing |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 177
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| Okay, you’re referring to the message board. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 184
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| I’m saying the online criticism doesn’t impact her game |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 186
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| So now she needs to be part of a team? |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 151
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| People are different and there is enough space for everyone |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 153
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| wait.. Tiger unraveling and is still phucked up |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 156
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| Venus answer tho.. None of you raggedy media bitches can play tennis |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 159
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| Something I keep thinking about is why press get the benefit/right to q'... |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 175
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| The whole "those are the rules" approach confounds me |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 179
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| any time someone tried to introduce change or buck the system |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 199
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| BTW, this is the most Gen Z sports controversy I have ever seen. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 180
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| this aint knew.. |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 181
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| *new |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 187
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| ^^^^ This,this,this |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 183
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| its insanity to put your health and happiness ahead of corporate.. |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 190
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| Those damn Gen Z kids wont bend the knee like i did :/ |
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Jun 03rd 2021 | 185
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| Lol I mentioned up top too how this was Gen Z af. I think it's good tho. |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 188
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| ^^^^^I can't call whether they will change the world... |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 196
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| I like to believe every generation is better than the one before it |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 198
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| Nah, that’s burner accounts |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 192
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| She was threatened with expulsion from ALL grand slam events |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 189
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| yup.. they played themselves |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 191
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| can't believe this wasn't mentioned until 190 comments deep. |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 195
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| They didn’t change the rules. |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 200
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| you're still worried about $$$ when she isn't |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 201
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| fans love to tell athletes what to do |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 203
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| This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 204
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| you sound dumb af |
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Jun 05th 2021 | 206
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| he said 3% on savings account. lol |
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Jun 17th 2021 | 211
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| That money doesn’t come out of the manager or agents cut |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 202
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| This is highly unintelligent and immature logic. |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 205
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| No. What is immature is putting money before health and sanity |
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Jun 05th 2021 | 207
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| I DO hope she’s using her wealth to fund her efforts towards better me... |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 193
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| I heard she took out a pay day loan |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 194
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| Fresh Prince got her back |
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Jun 04th 2021 | 197
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| Osaka notified Berlin she won’t play |
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Jun 07th 2021 | 208
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| Wimbledon Out |
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Jun 17th 2021 | 209
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| Pretty sure she said she is looking forward to the Olympics in Japan |
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Jun 17th 2021 | 210
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