jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
http://deadspin.com/report-tax-exempt-u-s-t-a-funnels-millions-to-board-m-1625590250
Interesting. Discuss.
Interesting. Discuss.
USTA Shady Practices - Why US Tennis Sucks
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THE FIGHTER
Hall of Fame
I scratch your back, you give me a couple hundred Gs
dunlop_fort_knox
Professional
usta seems to me to need a very major housecleaning.
Down_the_line
Legend
You really have to think at a deeper level man. This isn't like a lesson at your local club where you go do drills with your coach for an hour and then leave. The USTA is setting the foundation for these young athletes' careers and lives. This is way bigger than you obviously think it is.
Tennis media company? Isn't that the owners of tennis.com (http://www.tennis.com/about-us/) the site with ridiculously boring journalists?
Nice spending... Almost no conflict of interests :-/
Another finance problem in tennis (international this time): http://graphics.wsj.com/us-open-32/?mod=e2fb
Nice spending... Almost no conflict of interests :-/
Another finance problem in tennis (international this time): http://graphics.wsj.com/us-open-32/?mod=e2fb
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ttbrowne
Hall of Fame
I know just from my experiences with the USTA that they are the most frustrating people to deal with from an average members point of view. I really believe they exist wholly to make money for it's board members and not for the love of the game or any of that BS. We will have to put up with this nonsense until a scandal is discovered and brought to light which hopefully will be soon. NYT....more power to you.
They'll just replace whichever suits are running the show now with new ones. There's no shortage of capitalist pigs in america.
mtommer
Hall of Fame
Many do and it SHOULD be the defacto norm.
It would be considered interference and subject the USTA to lawsuits.
Apart from enforcing the rules of tennis (no cheating) and the rules of training, like punctuality, participation, etc., such an organization cannot give allow its officials to pass judgments on other aspects of a student's life.
A USTA coach is not the same as a private coach who has more flexibility and can be hired and fired as needed by the kid's parents.
THUNDERVOLLEY
G.O.A.T.
The USTA deserves to fail; the public faces of the organization have done nothing over the past two decades--except seek would-be stars (usually based on image with no talent), attempt to make everyone play the same game, and are not educated on using the entire court. Any American successes were more about the individual than any guidance from that bankrupt mob.
They begged for all of their problems.
They begged for all of their problems.
Yeah the criticism is mostly from parents and coaches whose kids don't make it to a high level to be noticed and picked up the USTA. Among coaches, there is a resentment that they are not in the elite group. The same coaches also criticize other private non-USTA coaches who run successful academies, so it is not USTA-specific.
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