Marcelo Rios Tells Media at Davis Cup: "You all suck"

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By Scoop Malinowski

Former world number one Marcelo Rios continues to hold the media in disdain. Rios, who has had a confrontational and often bitter relations with the media since his junior career, was fined $2,500 on Saturday for telling journalists they “suck” at a Davis Cup tie vs. Ecuador.

The heavily tattoed and very muscular 42-year-old Chilean, now based in Sarasota, FL, was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after he refused to be interviewed during the Davis Cup clash contested by Chile and Ecuador in Santiago, Chile.

In a video seen on Twitter, assistant coach Rios stops and lets a pack of reporters surround him with TV cameras and microphones. One reporter asks a question to Rios, who was wearing a blue tank top and backward orange cap and sunglasses. Rios responded deadpan with an unexpected insult.

“As my personal friend Diego Maradona says, I never speak to reporters as you all suck,” said Rios, the team’s assistant coach, was filmed as saying.

The reporter tried to ask another question to Rios who replied again, “You can all keep sucking.” Rios then bent over to pick up his bag and strode off, leaving the group of reporters stunned, amused and perplexed.

The ITF issued a statement that read: “Video footage of the incident was reviewed by the tie referee who determined that Mr Rios’s comments were abusive and violated the Davis Cup code of conduct. The ITF condemns all forms of offensive behavior and is supportive of the work of the media.”

Rios had many controversial incidents with the world tennis media and also the Chilean media throughout his career, of which several episodes are chronicled in my book “Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew.” Tim Henman stated that Rios viewed the media as “parasites” and rarely showed any respect or regard for any journalists although he did read my book and told me in New York “I read your book. There were some things in there that weren’t true but it was pretty good, pretty good.”

Despite the controversy, Chile managed to defeat Ecuador 3-1 in the tie with Nicolas Jarry winning both of his singles matches.

 

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I like this guy more and more...

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Agree, too much of the media is controlled and too anti conservative values. And the media prefers to incite racial divisions and hatred with their agendas. I agree with Rios also. It's nice to see a major figure give a big FU to the media straight to their faces. How rare is that.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Duke, the media is so biased and so fake and so untrustworthy it's a joke. This whole Trump fake Russian dossier memo proves that the media like the FBI and DOJ are weaponized to serve the leftist agenda and to protect their criminals. If Trump did this surveillance on Hillary with a fake memo, the media jackals would crucify Trump till he was impeached or resigned. But Obama and Hillary do it to Trump and the corrupt crooked media tries to down play it and cover for Obama. It's outrageous and it proves the obscene bias of the media.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Thanks Catherine, I try hard to do it my way and in a creative way. Thanks for supporting the site like you have.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

I love Prince, one of my favorite musical artists. The NFL lost millions this year by alienating white fans with their black protest on police brutality when it pales in comparison to black brutality on police. These NFL players need to spend a week as interns with police in the inner city to understand how tough a job it is for the police to deal with violent black thugs. And Colin Kapernick needs to stop blaming white racism and start appreciating the fact that a white family adopted him and gave him the good life and chance to become an NFL QB. The media needs to stop blaming and demonizing whites. That's not racism, that's the truth.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Yep, the NFL fomented anti white racial divisions all season but when the boycotts started and began to cost the NFL millions in profits, they did a 180 and are softening the anti white agenda. It remains to be seen if the NFL will recover or continue to lose popularity.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Agree, too much of the media is controlled and too anti conservative values. And the media prefers to incite racial divisions and hatred with their agendas. I agree with Rios also. It's nice to see a major figure give a big FU to the media straight to their faces. How rare is that.

Can you give some examples of what you mean by anti-conservative values? I'm not trolling you. I'm genuinely curious because I hear people refer to conservative values all the time but have no idea what they are.

*I edited a typo

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

I love Prince, one of my favorite musical artists. The NFL lost millions this year by alienating white fans with their black protest on police brutality when it pales in comparison to black brutality on police. These NFL players need to spend a week as interns with police in the inner city to understand how tough a job it is for the police to deal with violent black thugs. And Colin Kapernick needs to stop blaming white racism and start appreciating the fact that a white family adopted him and gave him the good life and chance to become an NFL QB. The media needs to stop blaming and demonizing whites. That's not racism, that's the truth.

Whoa...that's your truth, Scoop. You could do with more than a "Scoopful" of empathy for others.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Bobvance: "Liberalism: We can't lose sight of where we are going. Conservatism: We can't forget where we come from." -- La Rochefoucauld Censorship of speech is fear of truth. Always.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

How about some more empathy for white nations that do not want to surrender to becoming the white minority as is the agenda being pushed in America and many European countries like France, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland, etc? Israel doesn't want to share with Palestine, why do white nations have to surrender being the majority?

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

How about some more empathy for white nations that do not want to surrender to becoming the white minority as is the agenda being pushed in America and many European countries like France, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland, etc? Israel doesn't want to share with Palestine, why do white nations have to surrender being the majority?

I don't know if any place in the Western Hemisphere can legitimately claim to being "white" given that there were tens of millions of brown people here when the first Europeans arrived. That aside I thought American conservatives were into the bible, doing unto others and that sort of thing. Jesus too was very likely dark-skinned by the way. He probably looked a little darker and more ethnic than Marcelo Rios.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Of course it's not broadcast by the media of the schemes of flooding white nations with third world immigration and what the objective is. If you think it's all just a giant coincidence that it's happening to America and Europe well there's nothing to be said.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

If that's your opinion so be it. But the jury is still out if forcing all different races and religions to try to live together in harmony works. All groups want what is best for their own. It's okay for Jews to want what's best for Jews. And Blacks for Blacks. Etc. But when Whites want what's best for Whites the media screams it's bloody racism.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

I love Prince, one of my favorite musical artists. The NFL lost millions this year by alienating white fans with their black protest on police brutality when it pales in comparison to black brutality on police. These NFL players need to spend a week as interns with police in the inner city to understand how tough a job it is for the police to deal with violent black thugs. And Colin Kapernick needs to stop blaming white racism and start appreciating the fact that a white family adopted him and gave him the good life and chance to become an NFL QB. The media needs to stop blaming and demonizing whites. That's not racism, that's the truth.

This has got to be the dumbest and most racist thing I've ever read on this site...and it's not even about tennis. Speaking as a black woman I find this comment offensive, ill-informed and racist. Athletes have as much right to protest and state their opinions as anyone else. It is your right to disagree with what they say or do but no one has the right to tell them they can't express themselves. They were PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS. Several of them were protesting personal experiences or the experiences of family members and friends. YOU do not get to decide their reality for them. I don't come to this tennis site for FOX News bullshit. I can watch FOX and get it directly from their talking heads racists.

 

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Whoa...that's your truth, Scoop. You could do with more than a "Scoopful" of empathy for others.

Yeah...Scoop has totally put me off him - and it's giving me serious second thoughts about posting on a forum run by someone who espouses such overtly racist views. No wonder he was defending Tennys Sandgren. I have to deal with racism every day of my life, so I don't appreciate some alt-right dipshit telling me my people don't have the right to protest police violence against them because it's causing white people not to go to NFL games. How about attendance was down because half the teams suck, tickets are overpriced and the games just weren't very good? Nope, that can't be it. It has to be the black men who were protesting police brutality. Scapegoating is alive and well.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

How about some more empathy for white nations that do not want to surrender to becoming the white minority as is the agenda being pushed in America and many European countries like France, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland, etc? Israel doesn't want to share with Palestine, why do white nations have to surrender being the majority?

ROTFLMAO. OK...this just made me laugh. America was populated by Native American tribes when white people arrived. They killed the Native Americans or pushed them onto small reservations and took over their land. White people also brought in black slaves from Africa even though the constitution they crafted stated all men are created equal. This country was founded on the basis of immigration to escape tyranny and religious persecution and yet that's exactly what the settlers did to the Native Americans because they wanted their lad. Many European countries also participated in the slave trade. And lest we forget the British empire colonizing India and bringing Indians back to England as servants. So you know...if I were you I'd rethink this whole stupid argument. The fact of the matter is - white people do not and cannot procreate fast enough to maintain a majority anywhere in the world. Without immigration economies and countries will die. White people are already the minority worldwide and will be the minority in the the US by 2050. Changing immigration laws will only delay that by a few years. Besides that if the Democrats get control of Congress they're just going to rewrite the laws anyway. Build a bridge and get over it.

 

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I have to deal with racism every day of my life

How so? Just curious.

 

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Athletes have as much right to protest and state their opinions as anyone else. It is your right to disagree with what they say or do but no one has the right to tell them they can't express themselves.

Agree with the first sentence, but not with the second part of the second sentence. If I took it upon myself to protest or express myself, whatever the cause, at my place of employment, I'd be disciplined at best or fired at worst. That said...If the NFL is okay with it, then that's their prerogative.

 

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I don't appreciate some alt-right dipshit telling me my people don't have the right to protest police violence against them because it's causing white people not to go to NFL games. How about attendance was down because half the teams suck, tickets are overpriced and the games just weren't very good? Nope, that can't be it. It has to be the black men who were protesting police brutality. Scapegoating is alive and well.

Every year half of the teams suck and a lot of the games aren't very good...and tickets are always overpriced. I'm all for freedom of speech. If NFL players want to protest police brutality against blacks and/or systemic racism against blacks, then by all means do it...on their own time. If the NFL allows it, then fine. This has nothing to do with "freedom of speech" because their (the NFL players') freedom of speech hasn't been suppressed by THE GOVERNMENT. My personal opinion is that it's in bad taste to take a knee during the National Anthem, regardless of the "cause"...unless you just think that America is inherently bad/racist/unjust.