It means that the ITF is trying to control her. Serena Williams is not an animal who belongs on a leash, short or long. She's a human being who lost her mind and had a reprehensible and inexcusable outburst. She's been fined the maximum. She apologized. She's never done it before; it's not likely she'll ever do it again. She's proven throughout her career that she learns from her mistakes, big and small. Adults would move along. The ITF's infantile behavior here is even more reprehensible and inexcusable than Serena's because the ITF actually has power over her and they are abusing it to try to control her. If this is how the ITF governs, it should be put out of its misery post haste.