Catters 070911
Club Legend
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2,270
- 2,103
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Banned
- #1
I have never got the fascination that the media, and many fans, have with how players conduct and carry themselves.
When I watch sport, I watch it for the contest, the feats, to see who will win or lose, to see who will overcome. Unless one party plays unfairly or cheats, I don't care how they act, since I care more about their performance than their behaviour. I pay to see a good contest, not to see boy scouts.
In tennis, people seem to have an obsession with player behaviour. They bag Kyrgios, Tomic etc for how they act, rather than how they play the game.
Personally, I think if one wants to be critical of Nick Kyrgios, it should be the fact that the guy has so much potential and talent, and yet seems to waste it, and not make the most of his god-given abilities. That should be what people are annoyed about, the waste of potential.
But people seem more upset that Kyrgios doesn't toe the line that the media and the public expect of him. They are more upset by his brashness and "too cool to care" attitude than his waste of ability.
I think many of the people who focus on behaviour in sport aren't really fans at all. Most of the "fans" condemning Kyrgios and co are probably the lot who follow tennis the two weeks it is in Melbourne, and don't care about it the rest of the year. Those who actually like the sport would focus more on performances, than behaviour.
I also think that Kyrgios is targeted by the media because he is his own man, and refuses to blow smoke up their collective asses, so they write bad articles about him in retaliation, and focus on how he acts, not how he plays.
I actually plan to focus just watching the rest of the Open, and read and watch about the matches themselves, and how people played, rather than the Tomic-Hewitt feud or how Nick Kyrgios is acting today.
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When I watch sport, I watch it for the contest, the feats, to see who will win or lose, to see who will overcome. Unless one party plays unfairly or cheats, I don't care how they act, since I care more about their performance than their behaviour. I pay to see a good contest, not to see boy scouts.
In tennis, people seem to have an obsession with player behaviour. They bag Kyrgios, Tomic etc for how they act, rather than how they play the game.
Personally, I think if one wants to be critical of Nick Kyrgios, it should be the fact that the guy has so much potential and talent, and yet seems to waste it, and not make the most of his god-given abilities. That should be what people are annoyed about, the waste of potential.
But people seem more upset that Kyrgios doesn't toe the line that the media and the public expect of him. They are more upset by his brashness and "too cool to care" attitude than his waste of ability.
I think many of the people who focus on behaviour in sport aren't really fans at all. Most of the "fans" condemning Kyrgios and co are probably the lot who follow tennis the two weeks it is in Melbourne, and don't care about it the rest of the year. Those who actually like the sport would focus more on performances, than behaviour.
I also think that Kyrgios is targeted by the media because he is his own man, and refuses to blow smoke up their collective asses, so they write bad articles about him in retaliation, and focus on how he acts, not how he plays.
I actually plan to focus just watching the rest of the Open, and read and watch about the matches themselves, and how people played, rather than the Tomic-Hewitt feud or how Nick Kyrgios is acting today.
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