Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 15:40:37 GMT
Aug 16, 2017 14:08:40 GMT @manlystanley said:
She's been off her tits on drugs for 10 years. Let's not reward her for it. Make her qualify the normal route. Fair enough when a star has been injured and lost their ranking position, then you can give them a wildcard, not for drug cheats though, not in my book. Clearly anyone who believes Sharapova's explanation for taking the drug for her entire career is a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize in gullibility, but the fact remains that it was legal during almost the entirety of that period.
I deeply dislike Sharapova - for her performance-enhancing drug-taking and for her shrieking. If she had been given a lifetime ban you would definitely not hear me complaining about it. But she did her time and as a past champion and as a highly recognisable star I don't have a problem with inviting her to the US Open.
Sport is soft on drug takers, way too soft, but she is back now and she has done her time... I just think she just shouldn't be getting special treatment. She should have to qualify like every other player with a diabolical ranking. If anything give the wildcard to a young up and comer or a local player. Not a drug cheat. She has cheated thousands of players out of prize money and glory, god only knows what has happened to her victims. If you tolerate this, then your children will be next.