[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

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How do I know? Do you not see the unfair scathing Serena gets in the press?

They dropped him in 2006 and rightly so, they just got back with him.


This means all of Sharapova's wins are meaningless. No wonder she had such a temper.

Don't they all get a battering from the press at some point, do you look for anything else except negativity against black people when you look around you because that is how you come across...

[Cherie]

Two sponsors have now withdrawn, what happened to innocent until proven guilty, given its a substance that has just recently been put on the banned list and if she can prove medically she has taken it for years for a medical condition there has to be some leeway surely

[Nicky91]

well only tennis player i like is Simona Halep, really nice person as well, down to earth


and i'm a 110% Halepeno fan, that's how her fanclub is called



but i have respect for Serena Williams

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

I feel bad for her, it's unlucky the substance was only just prohibited.

You Fecking Dumb Bitch
a update list was Sent to You
check the list to see what Drugs
you must no long use.


Your Sponsors
have stopped you Deal
while you FECK UP Bitch

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Two sponsors have now withdrawn, what happened to innocent until proven guilty, given its a substance that has just recently been put on the banned list and if she can prove medically she has taken it for years for a medical condition there has to be some leeway surely

Yes punish the Dumb Bitch

[arista]

Yes Dumb Bitch
Check your Bank Account , honey

[michael21]

she can sit on my face

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Don't they all get a battering from the press at some point, do you look for anything else except negativity against black people when you look around you because that is how you come across...

Well maybe it's how I come across because that's all I see when reading media In fact there was an article of Serena VS Maria trying to make it seem like Serena's tennis success was all good but Maria was the REAL winner because of her endorsements. And they tried to make it seem like Serena is the monster whilst Shriekopova is the more tolerable one. Well, people like Serena way more than Maria on tour so they can suck it.

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[Amy Jade]

Why has this been derailed as a race debate?

I can see both sides of this, if she has been using the drug for a heart issue for years then I think all the sponsors dropping her is baffling but then again she should have known from the January date the drug had been made illegal and found a replacement.

I feel sorry for her but can't escape the fact it's sort of her own doing. She's still an amazing athlete though nobody can deny that.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

Why has this been derailed as a race debate?

I can see both sides of this, if she has been using the drug for a heart issue for years then I think all the sponsors dropping her is baffling but then again she should have known from the January date the drug had been made illegal and found a replacement.

I feel sorry for her but can't escape the fact it's sort of her own doing. She's still an amazing athlete though nobody can deny that.

The company that manufactures the drug just said the normal treatment is 4-6 weeks not 10 years so maybe she did know what she was doing.

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

The company that manufactures the drug just said the normal treatment is 4-6 weeks not 10 years so maybe she did know what she was doing.

Maybe she did maybe she didn't.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

Maybe she did maybe she didn't.

She did.

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by arista

You Fecking Dumb Bitch
a update list was Sent to You
check the list to see what Drugs
you must no long use.


Your Sponsors
have stopped you Deal
while you FECK UP Bitch

She's too busy to check emails

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Kermit tea

[Jordan.]

^ she sounds bitter. It's not cheating until it's prohibited and she never took it whilst knowing it wasn't allowed.

[T*]

Originally Posted by arista

You Fecking Dumb Bitch
a update list was Sent to You
check the list to see what Drugs
you must no long use.


Your Sponsors
have stopped you Deal
while you FECK UP Bitch

A tad mysogonistic

[Cherie]

The drug is for treating angina and heart problems, but also boosts performance and aids recovery, it's not looking good for her, no wonder the sponsors are running for the hills

[karl100589]

Originally Posted by Cherie

The drug is for treating angina and heart problems, but also boosts performance and aids recovery, it's not looking good for her, no wonder the sponsors are running for the hills

That's commonplace in the modern entertainment industry though. Kate Moss lost all her deals in the cocaine scandal and they came running back afterwards.

I do think though that this scandal is going to really shed a light on these more 'ambiguous' performance enhancers not just in tennis but the wider sporting industry as well, personally I could see a lot more similar situations coming out in the future. As for Maria her penalty is going to depend IMO on how the ITF determine the penalty. If they go by the letter of the law and treat it as an illegal substance usage for 28 days I could see potentially 6 to 12 months. If they go hard and treat it as a 10 year usage she'll get the four.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

[Drew.]

People are too quick to label someone a cheat, sometimes things happen and they are honest mistakes. It's being blown out of proportion anyway, It's something she's been taking for 10 years and has only just become banned. I was speaking to someone at work and she said it could be the reason Maria can actually play tennis, without it theres the risk of having no energy to play and fainting regularly

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

This was clearly stated as a performing enhancing drug, they found a convenient way to cheat for so long before it was banned.

And she and team were advised on 22/12 that this drug would be in the banned list, it's pretty suspicious that a top athlete wouldn't be on top of updates. She said she constantly kept herself informed but this time conveniently forgot to keep up.

[smudgie]

Why on earth would someone that needed a drug for heart complaints take up professional tennis..?
Why on earth would someone earning the amount of money she earns with a team of many around her not know this had been banned?

Cheat been busted.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Why on earth would someone that needed a drug for heart complaints take up professional tennis..?
Why on earth would someone earning the amount of money she earns with a team of many around her not know this had been banned?

Cheat been busted.

x2

[Ammi]

...with her being Maria Sharapova and all, I wonder what will happen now, I'm guessing that she won't get the same ban etc that some may have got...

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Djokovic supports Maria. Of course he does. I'm waiting for him to get caught too. I've always found his rise to the top sketchy. This dude couldn't even finish a match before without breathing problems then all of a sudden he claims not eating gluten anymore gave him superpowers. Nonsense.


Meanwhile, bae Nadal is saying Maria must pay and he has to yet again defend himself against doping allegations. Uh ever since he came on the scene they have been accusing him of doping. They just couldn't stand that this boy from a Spanish village was whooping Roger's ass at every match, Roger, the one they much preferred to be the face of Tennis. Well Nadal has always been a beast, in 2003 at 16 he whooped Roddicks ass at Davis cup and announced his arrival to the world and at that point Roddick was still a big deal. In short, leave my baby Rafa alone unless you can actually prove it shut your traps