So Rafa tells it like it is; that ATP and ITF favour the money makers of the sport and that such money makers are able to get special treatment over the guys below them - and people are shocked?
The irony is that the fan bases on here, who mostly are pro the money makers, are lashing out on one of the money makers while failing to realize, the money maker they themselves hold dear, is also given special treatment. And yes, this applies to both Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
The discussion is futile as such. If people start talking about 'the integrity of the sport', then people should start bringing up the players on the circuit outside the Top 100 who barely can make ends meet: Focus on the ridiculously uneven distributed prize money, focus on the tennis format greatly favouring the top players, focus on sponsorship deals etc.
People who get their knickers in a twist over Nadal managing to get his request of sidelining an umpire for his matches through, are either ignorant and/or just pretending to be outraged 'on behalf of tennis', as it gives them an excuse to bash one of the money makers they dislike. If you want to take the moral high ground, stop splitting hairs on the top players and take a look at the face of the organizations, to shed light on the fundamental problems of far greater significance - those that are deeply-rooted within the sport itself.
