No one has done as many disgusting & sleazy things as Wash'ton Football Team owners, Schneider & Indy's Ursay! They're still in power!
The world is making it seem like Novak's the only professional athlete who's refusing to be vaccinated! Come on; that's just plain stupid!
Basically all of the top 100 players in men's tennis are vaccinated, besides Novak, and as Margaret points out he was #1, though is not right now. Certainly all of the other men who played the AO, were. And he has come out as saying he won't be vaccinated. That matters. Actually, only ONE other player was deported from Australia for not being vaccinated, Renata Vorcova, a Czech player ranked 86, who was also originally allowed in due to recent covid positive, and subsequent negative. The one other person deported was an unnamed "official." There were NOT "plenty of other players in the same boat," and the only other one had her name "bandied about," too. Don't try to play fast-and-loose with the truth here.
OMG, with the starting in on Black coaches in the NFL. (Very cheap deflection.) Try to stick to the point.
Indeed. His choice.
It seems quite clear that Craig Tilley was trying to give him a loophole. Have you not read this thread at all? There are not "1 of 3 governing bodies." There is the federal Australian government that has immigration restrictions, and recent covid positive doesn't fulfill the requirement medical exemption. The fact that Craig Tiley, Tennis Australia and the Victoria government had a different opinion does not matter. Did you sleep through all of this? Someone (Tilley, most likely) gave him the wink and a nod to give it a try, but Djokovic has lawyers and advisors, so don't act like he was a lamb led to the slaughter. Please. He's a grown-up, a rich international athlete with a team behind him. They should have known what they were up against, and that they were rolling the dice.
Of course no one can tell you any different, if your mind is made up already. Though it's interesting how much you are willing to have an opinion about tennis that you didn't watch. You are wrong that Novak, the defending champion, was able to play. He knew the rules for entering Australia, and refused to conform to them. So he may have been "ready and willing," but he was not "able" That was his choice.I didn't watch much of it at all; esp. the final! It was BOGUS excluding the defending champion who was ready, willing, and able to play! No one can tell me any different with Nadal shamelessly gaining an advantage to have his double CGS!
There are no Djokovic fans around here, these days, except Fiero, and even he seems to be moving on to Carlos Alcaraz. Where are @BratSrbin and @Denis? Or even @MikeOne who has been championing Novak of late? I might understand them being away for now, given the fallowness of Novak's current status, but this is the MO of Novak fans all the time, around here...i.e., show up only when there's something to gloat about. Where are they to argue on his behalf, right now? Some fan base, meh, if you ask me.
I call them 'fair weather fans' as a true fan you stick with them in the good and bad times.As a Novak fan I have always found Don Fabio to be a very measured and fair Novak fan,though as you are aware he is in the Merchant Navy and away at sea,where the internet at times is not good, has problems logging on to TF..I have always found Denis to be fair as well,never had a problem with Denis.
Unlike Nadal fans who can go on and on about him even when he's not playing, I find no reason to keep talking about Novak if he isn't even on the tour at the moment! Making up discussions after a whole blog created would be even more excessive! There's already enough of that going on here and elsewhere! I can't speak on a lot of subjects since I'm not watching much in the way of news or sports! My latest obsession has been You Tube videos; esp. ones dealing with Police Audits! They are crazy!
You on the other hand decided to stay in order to put down Rafa. 
Good point about @don_fabio, and I don't count him in that group, at all. We know he's around when he can be. He's an actual tennis fan, as is Fiero. The rest are Djokolytes, and the flutter in on a prevailing Novak wind, then fly out again.
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That’s a good thing. Common sense is prevailing in a lot of places in Europe. We began our first week without restrictions this week. Freedom is, to make sure your razor is sharp, it’s time to shave now, the masks are off!Also posted this on the ATP news thread, sorry admin if that’s wrong.
France To Lift Vaccine Mandate March 14, Paving The Way For Novak Djokovic To Defend French Open Crown
France will lift its vaccine mandate on March 14, paving the way for world No. 2 Novak Djokovic to defend his French Open title later this spring.
Also posted this on the ATP news thread, sorry admin if that’s wrong.
France To Lift Vaccine Mandate March 14, Paving The Way For Novak Djokovic To Defend French Open Crown
France will lift its vaccine mandate on March 14, paving the way for world No. 2 Novak Djokovic to defend his French Open title later this spring.
Isn't he a resident of Monte Carlo, unless covid rates rise, do you really think a citizen of Monte Carlo is going to have a hard time getting into France a month from now?
He's a resident of Monaco, but not a citizen. His citizenship is still in Serbia. But it looks like that will only matter if things tighten up again in France.
Even if the pandemic is over tomorrow Djokovic will still find new ways to get himself into trouble.
...and people say I'm obsessed! Please get a life!
