ANDRE AGASSI A FN DISGRACE...

Quote Originally Posted by sagebrush:

michaelpaul you are a disaster....a little jealous are we, perhaps of how much $$$ andre has made??   you sound ridiculous, are you saying that if nike offered you millions, but you had to sport a wig, you would say no?    cmon buddy cut the crap!    i know many people myself included would do the same in his position, hey for a few million, why not?   and you have never tried any drug, is that right?   his book is saying that he made mistakes just like many other normal people in the everyday world, and his life wasnt what the cameras + media made it out to be.   i guess you dont see that.  then you want to quote safin of all people, please.   maybe you should realize that andre has donated huge amounts of $$$ to schools for underpriveleged children, outside of the usa i might add, along with tons of charity events too.  he is a stud and is just admitting he made some mistakes, grow up.  what have you contributed to his planet?   thanks for coming

Quote Originally Posted by TennisCapper:

This is a genuine discussion, some good points throughout it from either side of the discussion.
Every time an athlete comes out saying what Agassi said is going to cause a lot of talking, which is exactly why he exposed himself.

To me Agassi is a sad piece of shit because he is saying this stuff and writing a book about it in order to make extra cash and it's very bad how he is doing this once more trying to take extra $$$ from the sport 'he hated' and its fans. It doesn't matter whatever reason you think you have for hating the sport, right or wrong, you should just shut the fuck up for respect of the sport and its fans, because you turned rich with it asshole.

Apart from this I don't really care about the rest.

Iceman80 is sadly very right about all the players tanking matches, it always happened and it will always happen into a sport where on average a player is on court for a lot of matches per year.
Iceman80 is also right about how he should be judged based on his performances on the court and what he did in his private life, well who gives a shit. He didn't take steroids and 'cheated', actually the stupid fuck was on a drug who could have destroyed his career!

Agassi in tennis, Maradona in soccer, Tyson in boxing, Michael Jackson in music and the list could go on... should just be judged for what they offered fans doing what they did best and Agassi has given a lot of emotions to a lot of tennis fans just like every great athlete with a fucked up private life.

So my take on this is that Agassi the player should always be respected and should always be remembered for what he did best, because he is one of the all time greatest at it, and that Agassi the man is a cheap piece of shit. But again, we are on a tennis forum...

Quote Originally Posted by Iceman80:

You guys are all idiots...obviously not accomplished athletes yourselves.  If you were, you wouldn't make such stupid comments.  MichaelPaul, obviously you didn't watch the entire 60 minutes interview.  Agassi hated tennis because his dad made him play for 6 hours a day from the time he was 3 years old.  He didn't make the choice to be a tennis player, he was groomed to be one by a demanding father.  You can't understand why he would hate tennis.  Just because something makes you rich you should love it???  Who cares if he wore a wig.  That was part of the image that made him a famous millionaire.  He started going bald at age 17.  His sponsors told him he had to wear it as part of his contract.  Lastly, MichaelPaul, he did drugs for one year of his life.  That doesn't make him a drug addict you schmuck.  Look up the definition of addict...and look at what he is doing now.  He opened up a school with millions of his own money for underprivileged children in Las Vegas among many other charities.  What are you doing to give back?  He's married to the best female tennis player of all time and is raising two kids.  I think it's safe to say that he turned things around and is winning at the most important thing...LIFE.  What a bunch of judgemental morons you guys are!  

Quote Originally Posted by Iceman80:

This will be my last post on this issue.  Agassi said he tanked some tennis matches because he didn't feel like being out on the court and didn't want to play the next day.  If any of you played tennis at a semi-competitive level, you would know there are days where you really don't feel like being out on the court.  Multiply that by 100.  I would say that almost every single professional player has tanked a match at some point in their career.  They just don't admit it.  You've probably seen sometimes when betting on tennis where a great player will come out and get smoked by some unknown douche bag.  Tennis can be such a mind fuck that sometimes it is easier to live with yourself if you lose a match on your terms rather than lose to your opponent.  Thats the truth. Agassi is one of the very few players to admit it, but trust me, it happens way more often than you think.  Regarding "dad made me do it", it's hard to tell your father no when you are 3 years old.  It's also hard to say no at an older age when you've been groomed since you were 3 yrs. old to become the family's money maker. None of us can relate to what he went through with his father so it's stupid to give our 2 cents on what he should've done.  Lastly, who cares that he wore a wig!  I don't give a fuck if he wore a wig, had fake teeth...whatever!  Are we going to start judging professional athletes based on what it takes to make their appearance.  If Tom Brady comes out and says he had a hair implant or a nose job does that make him a lesser quarterback or person?  If Serena says she had her tits done, does that make her a lesser player?  Who cares morons!!  I judge athletes based on what they do in their sport.  If they take performance enhancing drugs...thats a different story.  Agassi didn't take performance enhancing drugs and thats all I care about.  The guy gave millions of people endless hours of entertainment during his career.  He was one of the greatest players that ever played.  He was also one of the very few who won all 4 grand slams on different surfaces.  He and Sampras had one of the best rivalries any sport has ever seen.  These are the things he should be judged for.  Not for wearing a wig.  Give me a break.  You've got to be kidding me people!  

Quote Originally Posted by Delpo:

So he didnt use PHD's but its much more acceptable that he threw tennis matchs? Im sorry but that is BY FAR worse then someone taking some sort of performance enhancing supp. To throw a tennis match for money is prolly the single most disrespectfull thing to do in any sport. It shows a complete lack of respect for yourself, your opponent and the overall game of tennis.

If its true that he actually threw matches, that is far worse then anything Mcguire, Clemens etc did by taking performance enhancing drugs.

Quote Originally Posted by michaelpaul1:

 A cheat is a cheat ...no real gray area...I only cheated a little......dont worry Agassi, you clown ... still more room for plenty of people...say hello to your bunk-buddy...Liar Woods... 

Quote Originally Posted by FIT410s:



agassi did not cheat
woods did not cheat

unless they used something to give them some unfair advantage, they did not cheat.

Quote Originally Posted by michaelpaul1:

get a clue...