bringing a 2 year-old to australian open

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by samarai

Because there is such a thing as common courtesy. Sometime you do things cause its the right thing to do. Hell they dont prohibit it because the they'll have every focus groups up there a**.

Common courtesy would be leave and watch the match outside if the baby continues to cry loudly.

And yes, society is made up of various groups who have their opinions. If you don't like something, try to get it changed or put up with it.

[NLBwell]

Originally Posted by VaththalKuzhambu

My daughter liked the crowd and the setting but did not like the silence when the match started. She did have a blast though running around on the grounds and food court area as I watched the match on the giant TV screen outside the stadium

Plan on this.
The two year old will be happier being much less constrained. You will be happier playing around with your kid instead of worried about every sound. The people in the stadium will be happier.
Maybe you two could switch off so that one can watch inside and one can be outside with the child. Overall, however, I'd probably be happier playing at the park and watching a recording of the match after the 2 year old went to sleep. Of course, I'm pretty boring.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by sureshs

It is very simple. Do not allow children.

Is that the rule? No.

That is all.

It is not a matter of rights and responsibilities, so no need for the usual moral lecture. There is no constitutional right to attend a sporting event or to do so without distractions. There is no constitutional right to play tennis undisturbed.

Why don't you petition the organizers not to allow children? If they agree, fine. If they don't, live with it. Why do you think they don't? Because there will be an outcry from parents.

Boy you live in an alternative universe, is it called NYC?

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by tennis tom

Boy you live in an alternative universe, is it called NYC?

In the real universe, taking a 2 year old to a match is allowed. So you must be the one in the alternate universe.

[Thud and blunder]

Ha! Took my then two-and-a-half year old to the local futures tournament. At one point, she starts getting cranky, so I start taking her out; 'c'mon, we're going to get an ice cream'...'WAAAAAHHHH!! I WANT TO WATCH TENNIS!'

One year later; me and the three year old at futures qualies: player few metres away: 'F$$$! C%$@!! $$$$$!' Me: 'right, we're off before you learn some new vocabulary'. Roving tournament official turns to colleague: '...and that's why we should enforce the obscenity rules.'

[tennis tom]

Most people are considerate--some are NOT--they are winning! If a stadium full of people should dare to object, there will be a 747 full of child advocates flying in from DC, forming an impromptu flash mob protesting, throwing organic baby food and soiled diapers at the sponsors, with a full contingent of media cameras showing it live on CNN breaking news. There are people who even bring infants to the courts, letting them cry the entire time while they have fun playing tennis--that's mainly on the left coast.

[nyc]

why would you put yourself, your child and the other spectators through that??

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by sureshs

In the real universe, taking a 2 year old to a match is allowed. So you must be the one in the alternate universe.

Yes, and if you protest it, that's called discrimination against children which has federal statutes against it--strange world we live in but the winners of the war make the rules and write the history.

[El Nino]

If you do take your 2yr old child, make sure your not watching a David Ferrer match. Don't think he's fond of babies...

[tyu1314]

Buy him a helmet to prevent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwHQ6XhQyY

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by tennis tom

Yes, and if you protest it, that's called discrimination against children which has federal statutes against it--strange world we live in but the winners of the war make the rules and write the history.

No, it does not constitute discrimination against children. They have no rights to attend a sporting event either. Musical performances and plays and operas do not usually allow children. Neither do some restaurants and some places inside country clubs,

You are just arguing without knowing the facts and creating an imaginary conflict to prove some agenda.

[gmatheis]

Originally Posted by tyu1314

Buy him a helmet to prevent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwHQ6XhQyY

Thats a great clip ... shows how most people feel that an baby has no place at a tennis match.

Yes the rules don't forbid you from bringing your child to a tennis match. But it is inconsiderate to the players as well as the other fans to do so.

[sureshs]

I feel that most Davis Cup "fans" have no place in a tennis audience.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by sureshs

...Musical performances and plays and operas do not usually allow children.

...You are just arguing without knowing the facts and creating an imaginary conflict to prove some agenda.

I would characterize the extreme focus required to play our "elitist" sport/game on a level with a performance which is also a competition--exponentially adding another level of pressure. In order to maintain the extreme focus, as well as to hear the ball coming off the racket requires quiet and concentration. A sudden out of place sound, like a baby's out-burst disrupts that. Ex-mayor Dinkens of NYC, went so far as to have the flight patterns changed near Flushing Meadows to minimize noise during the USO.

No, the facts are there, they are buried deep inside the soon to be enacted National Health Care Act--you'll see--I'm shocked you haven't read it in it's entirety.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by tennis tom

I would characterize the extreme focus required to play our "elitist" sport/game on a level with a performance which is also a competition--exponentially adding another level of pressure. In order to maintain the extreme focus, as well as to hear the ball coming off the racket requires quiet and concentration. A sudden out of place sound, like a baby's out-burst disrupts that. Ex-mayor Dinkens of NYC, went so far as to have the flight patterns changed near Flushing Meadows to minimize noise during the USO.

No, the facts are there, they are buried deep inside the soon to be enacted National Health Care Act--you'll see--I'm shocked you haven't read it in it's entirety.

It was quite clear all along what your agenda was.

Why don't you protest and get toddlers banned from the Slams?

It is a cause worth fighting for.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by sureshs

I feel that most Davis Cup "fans" have no place in a tennis audience.

Agreed, they are fanatical nationalists, and tennis becomes an allegory for war--"better net-heads then dead". There it's one nation against another. It's accepted, expected, and agreed on as part of the ambiance.

It would be OK to take a kid to a World Team Tennis event--except maybe if Johnny Mac was playing.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by sureshs

It was quite clear all along what your agenda was.

Clear to you maybe, if you could please elaborate on what my hidden agenda is my team of psychiatrists could take the holidays off and I could save a lot of money.

Cheers

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by sureshs

Why don't you protest and get toddlers banned from the Slams?

I'm not a student or a professor--I work for a living. If I don't show up I have to fire myself.

[MAX PLY]

4 words:

"Dingo ate my baby!"

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by MAX PLY

4 words:

"Dingo ate my baby!"

Good one mate!