It was reported yesterday that Germany's Tommy Haas may have been poisoned before his Davis Cup match, where he pulled out of the match against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny.
Haas before the match complained of vomiting and stomach problems, and forfeited his match, citing that he was too ill to play.
If this report turns out to be true, then professional tennis has just become the single biggest joke in all of professional sports. And IMHO, the Davis Cup should be immediately, and possibly permanently, be terminated.
This may seem like an extreme notion or response, but when athletes lives come in danger, NOT from playing their respective sport, but because of the simple fact that they are an athlete, then the sport itself has become WAY too serious about itself. This is a GAME people! We are not curing cancer and people's lives are not at stake due to the outcome of a game, match or set. And the whole idea OF sports is that there are winners and losers. But the cool thing is that you can shake hands walk off and play another day. No one is supposed to get hurt. Sports are, in fact, supposed to be a way for us to have gentile conflict over, and not life and death situations.
Well, that's my stance on the issue anyway.
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