| Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade | |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:09 pm | |
| Hey, for all those millions they're getting, we'd play too... wouldn't we? |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:14 pm | |
| Total men's prize money is only $372,500. |
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:18 pm | |
| But then there's all the other goodies under the long term contracts... and that's where the real bucks lie...
No performance... no remuneration... |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:21 pm | |
| Only a few get the lucrative endorsements. |
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:44 pm | |
| Even so, but do you want to be the only player in the industry, known for: I don't play when it's hot, period!
You'd be mercilessly teased by everyone... laughed at, disrespected... the players, the officials, the press and the public...
Still want? |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:48 pm | |
| - Quote :
- ‘‘This is too hot to play tennis,’’ Radwanska said
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The Sydney tournament has an Extreme Heat Policy, but it only comes into effect at the discretion of the tournament referee.
Tennis officials apply a complex formula factoring in heat, humidity and wind to determine when on-court conditions become too stressful for the players.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/8154820/Radwanska-Too-hot-for-tennis |
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:59 am | |
| I'll replace the wimps, LOL! |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:30 am | |
| - CovOps wrote:
- Even so, but do you want to be the only player in the industry, known for: I don't play when it's hot, period!
Easy solution, the players 'collude.' Why would millionaires choose to play in hideous, 'sweatshop' conditions if they could avoid it?
You'd be mercilessly teased by everyone... laughed at, disrespected... the players, the officials, the press and the public...
Still want? And the wimps are those who give a shit what anyone thinks. |
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:22 am | |
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- Why would millionaires choose to play in hideous, 'sweatshop' conditions if they could avoid it?
LOL, sweatshops, eh?
Why? No play no pay! Contractual commitments... you wouldn't want your contract to be revoked because of non-performance...
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And the wimps are those who give a shit what anyone thinks. LOL, everybody gives a shit, you included... Other people's opinion is also a fact of reality, hence one should be cognizant of it... it may be a life or death issue in some contexts... but I know what you mean... |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:25 am | |
| - CovOps wrote:
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- Why would millionaires choose to play in hideous, 'sweatshop' conditions if they could avoid it?
LOL, sweatshops, eh?
Why? No play no pay! Contractual commitments... you wouldn't want your contract to be revoked because of non-performance... You forgot about the clause that excuses me from playing in temps above 40 degrees.
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:48 am | |
| Not in major tournaments, that's mandatory... |
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:01 am | |
| - CovOps wrote:
- Not in major tournaments, that's mandatory...
There's only four of them per year. |
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Idiots: Playing tennis in the sun when it's 42 degrees in the shade Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:22 am | |
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