roysid
Legend
Well i was joking.
Given the circumstances, its a boon for sinner. Had he won the award, another controversy would arise
The Laureus Awards have *withdrawn* Jannik Sinner’s nomination for Sportsman of the year [!]
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Given the circumstances, its a boon for sinner. Had he won the award, another controversy would arise
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
It means at ten you waited for the person to come for the drug test.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
Yep, this is hardly surprising. They would be getting heat if they didn't.
Aabye5
Talk Tennis Guru
I was joking, too. I was suggesting that's what "ex-ten-u-ating" means
NoleFam
Bionic Poster
Yea and they are like let's take care of this right now, lol. They don't want any controversy.
lurker2025
Professional
Forgive me for being obtuse but what does it change if Sinner is not number one throughout the time of his ban? Would he lose any points as a result of the loss of his number one status? Or is this something that matters more towards career achievement? Wouldn't the players competing with him lose any advantage after his return if they do not make up the gap on him? Would they have more of a chance of making up the gap on him because it would increase their likelihood of winning a tournament through a more favourable seeding?
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Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
Classic ass-covering operation, can't buy moral courage. Clearly he risked to win that thing, given the track record of tennis success. Thus the political committee got scared, especially after Lareus formerly failed to act quickly against doping kingpin Armstrong.
Thankfully this will increase the chances of Tadej Pogacar after his 'grand slam' year.
To everyone but the SinPolicia on here it’s obvious how fishy it is in every aspect.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Sinner is a self-confessed doper so he is ineligible this year. He will be eligible again next year.
B
Bride of Alcaraz
Guest
Has Alcaraz been nominated for any awards? 
NoleFam
Bionic Poster
You can't fault them though regarding the situation with Sinner. How did they fail to act quickly regarding Armstrong? They rescinded his award(s), right?
Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
As I wrote, they burnt their hand before and Sinner risked to win the thing, so they acted ass-covering accordingly. Long before they awarded Armstrong in 2003, doping allegations against him were rife and believable, if ignored by the American press and Laureus. Not doping was a rare exception at the elite level, from Wikipedia:
If it is malice, ignorance or stupidity to even compare the kingpin of organized doping or the Russian state-sponsored doping system with a case which is, according to WADA, a 'million miles away from it' or a combination of all three I can not say...
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Bartelby
Bionic Poster
The Sinner case is an outrageous manipulation of doping rules to ensure that a highly-prized commercial asset stays in the game.
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
Pro cycling is SUCH a weird sport now. I know it’s been weird for a long time but not to the extent it has been since around 2021.
UCI and the companies like Canyon and Trek would give the governing bodies in tennis a run for their money in the corruption stakes, dont you think?
Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
Pro cycling is SUCH a weird sport now. I know it’s been weird for a long time but not to the extent it has been since around 2021.
UCI and the companies like Canyon and Trek would give the governing bodies in tennis a run for their money in the corruption stakes, dont you think?
Cycling is a great sport and doing so with some friends in a beautiful area becomes bliss. Sadly it has been cursed by doping at many levels...
Maybe the Mafiosos bought the nomination with the spare cash after buying Madrid.
See, that is exactly why WADA should have never settled. Even you agree that Ferrara and Naldi were careless, even 'sensationally careless'. If so - how can anybody claim that Sinner did everything in his power to make sure he and _his team_ avoids any doping/contamination/accidental usage? Clearly he either did not train his stuff, or he did not supervised them properly, or they did not follow the rules. Either way that makes Sinner responsible because they are part of his team. That is what makes his case different from Gasquet, Yastremska, or Bortolotti - in those cases the exposure happened due to carelessness/accident _not_ caused by anyone on player's team. It's hard to imagine that CAS would have ruled that Sinner was completely 'not at fault'.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
It is safe to assume that Sinner will not be nominated next year as well because he served the ban for some failed test last year in this year.
So 2 whole years where he could likely win an award are gone.
So 2 whole years where he could likely win an award are gone.
Winner Sinner
Hall of Fame
It doesn't work like that, since the disqualification occurred for events that occurred in 2024 and not 2025.
However, give him the CYGS, which can also happily do without this recognition.
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