Proposal: Save-your-racquet-for-poor-kids box

uscwang

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I propose that a box be put behind the umpire's chair with a label,
"Don't Smash. Save Your Racquet For Poor Kids".
We are watching racquets easily costing $200 being smashed left and right on court. The casualty has likely reached 20 and counting. Why not save them for kids around the world who couldn't afford even a $20 racquet?
Rafa mentioned before that his uncle forbade him smashing racquet since there are people who couldn't afford them. Respect for Toni and Rafa Nadal.
 
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Similar to the Race to London rankings, there should be a 'Worst person ever' rankings. You accumulate points based on the number of rackets smashed amongst other things (you receive double, if you didn't smash it properly, and style points if you do something like breaking it over your knee ala Wawrinka).
The Number 1 at the end of the season gets tennis balls, covered in spaghetti sauce thrown at him from the crowd at the O2.
 
uscwang said:
I propose that a box be put behind the umpire's chair with a label,
"Save Your Racquet For Poor Kids".
We are watching racquets easily costing $200 being smashed left and right on court. The casualty has likely reached 20 and counting. Why not save them for kids around the world who couldn't afford even a $20 racquet?
Rafa mentioned before that his uncle forbade him smashing racquet since there are people who couldn't afford them. Respect for Toni and Rafa Nadal.
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The actual cost of the racket is perhaps $20.

You could also argue that they are generating more employment by destroying the rackets.
 
tennisaddict said:
Murray and Novak will have to fare better in events to make sure they have enough left in their earnings.
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Wawrinka does it regulary ever since he became Top 10 player , but you just need to blabbing about Novak 24/7 in a such a butthurt simpleton manner.
 
They should have to contribute the value of 100 rackets at retail prices to youth tennis associations in the country they are playing in, for each racket they break.

This would stimulate the local economy and therefore keep Sureshs happy.
 
Inanimate_object said:
Similar to the Race to London rankings, there should be a 'Worst person ever' rankings. You accumulate points based on the number of rackets smashed amongst other things (you receive double, if you didn't smash it properly, and style points if you do something like breaking it over your knee ala Wawrinka).
The Number 1 at the end of the season gets tennis balls, covered in spaghetti sauce thrown at him from the crowd at the O2.
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Novak would win the WTF and the crowd would cheer.

Then they would get to pelt him with spaghetti sauce coated tennis balls while they hiss and boo.

I wonder what the crowd would prefer!?
 
tennisaddict said:
So, Novak does not break rackets ?
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So, what, is that crime? He didn't hurt anyone with it, and I daubt that he ever will. He will recive a warning /punishment for breaking it and move on. He bought his own recket not you, not anyone else. Should I say that he gave many of his rackets to kids and fans during his carieer which I follow from 2004?
Why so pressed ?
Puritans moaning here became really tiresome. False moralists think that they are some kind better than others.Yeah, right:rolleyes:
 
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So after the rackets have been donated to said kids who couldn't have otherwise afforded a tennis racket what are they meant to do with all these smashed rackets....not like you could play tennis with them!!
 
So where can I donate my used racquets? I have a bunch of perfectly good frames collecting dust.
 
sureshs said:
The actual cost of the racket is perhaps $20.

You could also argue that they are generating more employment by destroying the rackets.
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Its arguable that recycling these racquets would be more beneficial to tennis in the long run. This thread isn't too serious, but giving racquets to kids makes tennis more accessible and gives tennis, to a degree, a bigger pool of talent to pull from in the future.

This in turn will create more tennis racquet related jobs.
 
Noelan said:
So, what, is that crime? He didn't hurt anyone with it, and I daubt that he ever will. He will recive a warning /punishment for breaking it and move on. He bought his own recket not you, not anyone else. Should I say that he gave many of his rackets to kids and fans during his carieer which I follow from 2004?
Why so pressed ?
Puritans moaning here became really tiresome. False moralists think that they are some kind better than others.Yeah, right:rolleyes:
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I never said it was a crime. I only said if he was getting penalized , he would have to earn more. If breaking rackets does not bother you, what are you trying to defend here ?
 
If the cost of the smashed racquets bugs you just add up the price of all the gut used (or even worse, strung, unused and then cut out) during a big tournament.
 
THE FIGHTER said:
Its arguable that recycling these racquets would be more beneficial to tennis in the long run. This thread isn't too serious, but giving racquets to kids makes tennis more accessible and gives tennis, to a degree, a bigger pool of talent to pull from in the future.

This in turn will create more tennis racquet related jobs.
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The counterpoint to that argument is that if the pro decided against smashing a racquet then their sponsor would not appreciate them being given away and so nobody would be donating anything anyway.

For the cost of giving away one pro stock they could hand over 100 aluminum youth frames or 20 adequate graphite tweeners.
 
LapsedNoob said:
The counterpoint to that argument is that if the pro decided against smashing a racquet then their sponsor would not appreciate them being given away and so nobody would be donating anything anyway.

For the cost of giving away one pro stock they could hand over 100 aluminum youth frames or 20 adequate graphite tweeners.
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I agree with your second point. But i disagree with your first point.

Regarding sponsors not approving the giving away of a racquet: both smashing a racquet and donating a racquet to kids provide publicity, but with two different messages.

But, I think there are better ways to invest in the future of tennis.
 
I think we'll have to disagree on the sponsor approving of a pro giving away pro-stocks just because the pro is feeling generous. If that were the case you'd see many more current pro-stocks on the secondhand market as folks tried to cash in. There's a very good chance they even forbid it already in most cases.
 
Inanimate_object said:
Similar to the Race to London rankings, there should be a 'Worst person ever' rankings. You accumulate points based on the number of rackets smashed amongst other things (you receive double, if you didn't smash it properly, and style points if you do something like breaking it over your knee ala Wawrinka).
The Number 1 at the end of the season gets tennis balls, covered in spaghetti sauce thrown at him from the crowd at the O2.
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Maybe just punish them by forcing them to do an unpaid work in a racket factory for 1 month[emoji48]

Save the spaghetti sauce for the starving people [emoji56]
 
As of now, Cilic is 2 sets and a break down against Novak in the semifinal of USO.
Forget about what I proposed. I think Cilic should smash a racquet.
 
The cost of tennis rackets is a minor expense in playing tennis. During the lifetime of a racket, you need to spend so much more on strings/stringing, club membership/court hire, lights fees, shoes etc.
 
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