Channel 9 tennis coverage in Australia just did a ‘behind the scenes’ segment showing the player area, gym, spa, laundry, tournament control centre, etc. It also included close up footage of the cameras…The timing of this seems uncanny
Craig Tiley has always seemed like an ass. If he comes to the USTA and puts his ass-y imprint on the U.S. Open (which is already ass-y in so many ways), I fear it'll be nuclear explosion of assiness.
The Happy Slam doesn't sound so happy behind (or not behind) the scenes. I totally understand the players' POV on this and honestly, I always feel uncomfortable when TV shows this, as they did w/Coco the other day. If this is the AO's idea of 'content', I don't want it.
Levels of hypocrisy. It’s basically: “We can invade players’ privacy, but you can’t even ask permission to speak with them in the places where we invade their privacy, because it might cost us an opportunity to produce content.”
The rampant control-freakery over pictures is quite weird. I think organisers have always been edgy about journalists taking pictures in the press conference area (and that goes back to the 1980s when I was covering the Grand Slams). But the level of surveillance strikes me as absolutely weird.
Still - at least the AO doesn’t do pre-match interviews. That’s the step too far!
You just contradicted yourself by saying the cameras are invasive and because you hate Sabalenka it’s ok to be invasive. That doesn’t wash. If there is to be privacy it should be apply to all whether or not the player is an admirable individual.
Channel 9 tennis coverage in Australia just did a ‘behind the scenes’ segment showing the player area, gym, spa, laundry, tournament control centre, etc. It also included close up footage of the cameras…The timing of this seems uncanny
Craig Tiley has always seemed like an ass. If he comes to the USTA and puts his ass-y imprint on the U.S. Open (which is already ass-y in so many ways), I fear it'll be nuclear explosion of assiness.
The Happy Slam doesn't sound so happy behind (or not behind) the scenes. I totally understand the players' POV on this and honestly, I always feel uncomfortable when TV shows this, as they did w/Coco the other day. If this is the AO's idea of 'content', I don't want it.
Levels of hypocrisy. It’s basically: “We can invade players’ privacy, but you can’t even ask permission to speak with them in the places where we invade their privacy, because it might cost us an opportunity to produce content.”
The rampant control-freakery over pictures is quite weird. I think organisers have always been edgy about journalists taking pictures in the press conference area (and that goes back to the 1980s when I was covering the Grand Slams). But the level of surveillance strikes me as absolutely weird.
Still - at least the AO doesn’t do pre-match interviews. That’s the step too far!
You just contradicted yourself by saying the cameras are invasive and because you hate Sabalenka it’s ok to be invasive. That doesn’t wash. If there is to be privacy it should be apply to all whether or not the player is an admirable individual.