The Ouster of Chris Kermode and what's up with ATP Politics

[Carol]

What really is going on? hmmm

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/mar/09/tennis-loser-feud-novak-djokovic-chris-kermode

 

[GameSetAndMath]

What really is going on? hmmm

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/mar/09/tennis-loser-feud-novak-djokovic-chris-kermode

That sure is a bad news. The man certainly had lot of good ideas.

 

[Moxie]

That sure is a bad news. The man certainly had lot of good ideas.

Strange and roiling politics. I had no idea any of this was going on. But the Guardian is a reliable paper. If they say losing Kermode is a bad thing, I take them at their word.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I sure don't want Justin Gimelstob to be the ATP chief. Justin is a slimeball. He got into trouble once in BJK's team tourney by making some lude remarks about Anna K. Now, he is in trouble again for beating up on a "friend". Someone with such behavior should not be assigned leadership positions.

Finally, he does not have credentials needed as well.

 

[Moxie]

I'm sure we're all wondering what's up with the change at the top of the ATP, and it seems unclear to me. Federer just mentioned it in his post-match interview with The Tennis Channel. Tennis.com posted this article, which seems to be even-handed, despite the headline. Interested to know what people think or understand about what's up with what the players' want, and who might be the next CEO.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Three player reps and three tournament reps vote. Kermode needed four votes to survive. Either group, if they stand united, can block the renewal.

It is clear that the three player reps voted against Kermode. Novak probably spearheaded the effort and convinced the other reps to vote against him.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Ralph claims he was not consulted at all initially. Later, he said Anderson was assigned to talk with Rafa and the talk did not materialize as Anderson was injured.

 

[Moxie]

Ralph claims he was not consulted at all initially. Later, he said Anderson was assigned to talk with Rafa and the talk did not materialize as Anderson was injured.

I have not seen this, but I didn't think Rafa was on the players board anymore. Why would he be consulted? Is Anderson on the players' board? And was he injured in the finger he uses to dial the telephone? I don't understand any of this. This is what I'm hoping we can parse out.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I have not seen this, but I didn't think Rafa was on the players board anymore. Why would he be consulted? Is Anderson on the players' board? And was he injured in the finger he uses to dial the telephone? I don't understand any of this. This is what I'm hoping we can parse out.

The players on the board represent all the players and so they are kind of expected to find out the opinions of all the players and represent the collective opinion on the board meetings (of course, there is no way to enforce it).

 

[tennisville]

Strange and roiling politics. I had no idea any of this was going on. But the Guardian is a reliable paper. If they say losing Kermode is a bad thing, I take them at their word.

I never trust a British paper when it comes to British People

 

[tennisville]

That sure is a bad news. The man certainly had lot of good ideas.

Yeah but he had 6 years and the players were not happy with him.

 

[tennisville]

The players on the board represent all the players and so they are kind of expected to find out the opinions of all the players and represent the collective opinion on the board meetings (of course, there is no way to enforce it).

Ummm thats not how democracy works. They have been elected and can make choices for the Board. For you info, Novak did talk to Nadal in November

 

[tennisville]

Three player reps and three tournament reps vote. Kermode needed four votes to survive. Either group, if they stand united, can block the renewal.

It is clear that the three player reps voted against Kermode. Novak probably spearheaded the effort and convinced the other reps to vote against him.

Thats because Novak wants the money for lower ranked players to improve. This is in line with Pospisil's letter which the players below rank 50 agreed on. Majority of the players wanted him to go since he was on the side of the tournaments and not the players

 

[tennisville]

Ralph claims he was not consulted at all initially. Later, he said Anderson was assigned to talk with Rafa and the talk did not materialize as Anderson was injured.

Also Novak mentioned that the news was going on from last year. If Nadal had an opinion, he could have contacted the players council as well but no, he wanted to be phoned first by someone to take his opinion. Entitled much?

 

[tennisville]

As we can see from his own article in January, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/...scuss-removing-chief-executive-chris-kermode/

 

[Carol]

What Federer as said

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2019...al-over-coffee-roger-federer-interview/80291/

 

[Carol]

What Nadal has said

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2019...el-studio-indian-wells-jared-donaldson/80296/

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Thats because Novak wants the money for lower ranked players to improve. This is in line with Pospisil's letter which the players below rank 50 agreed on. Majority of the players wanted him to go since he was on the side of the tournaments and not the players

You can see both from various sources (not just a British paper) that during the period of Kermode, the prize money in various tourney increased substantially. It looks like players want more and more. They may be justified in asking that also. However, simply saying Kermode was the problem is wrong.

 

[tented]

Stan Wawrinka’s comments.

 

[tented]

Roger Federer puts the heat on decision-makers about the future of tennis