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**Carfanate** · 10-15-2009, 01:38 PM

I dunno... the clear idea to me is to eliminate the mandatory "doctor's note only" nature of the tournaments. I realize that there is already a sort of culture of technical passes emerging, but why should they have to play lip service at all? Play what you can handle, let the ranking points work themselves out.

That way it leaves the player / team to manage themselves and weigh the pros and cons of appearing everywhere. Everyone is generally going to want to take a shot at the big points/money/title of each of the slams still, but should have the leeway to avoid a few of the next tier when it makes sense for their long-term career.

Of course, maybe I can say this as I'm not bothered by "ZOMG SLAMLESS NUMBER 1!"s. ... "I'm sorry Dinara, I'm going to let you finish your number 1 stint, but Serena has had one of the best careers of ALL TIME!"

10-15-2009, 01:38 PM	#4
Carfanate Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 490 Senior Member	I dunno... the clear idea to me is to eliminate the mandatory "doctor's note only" nature of the tournaments. I realize that there is already a sort of culture of technical passes emerging, but why should they have to play lip service at all? Play what you can handle, let the ranking points work themselves out. That way it leaves the player / team to manage themselves and weigh the pros and cons of appearing everywhere. Everyone is generally going to want to take a shot at the big points/money/title of each of the slams still, but should have the leeway to avoid a few of the next tier when it makes sense for their long-term career. Of course, maybe I can say this as I'm not bothered by "ZOMG SLAMLESS NUMBER 1!"s. ... "I'm sorry Dinara, I'm going to let you finish your number 1 stint, but Serena has had one of the best careers of ALL TIME!"
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