too fat fe play tennis

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Re: too fat fe play tennis

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">McEnroe is talking out of both sides of his neck and trying to make it seem that the Townsend's misunderstood. The USTA is taking them for idiots. </div></div>

the usta iss runninn fe covah cah aff de charge aff racism ann manee ooman ave issue widd itt.

thyme fe blakk peeps fe putt more pressure pon de usta dat demforce mcenroe fe resigned fe save face

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Re: too fat fe play tennis?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body">mebbe dem want are fi reduce her body fat percentage and gain more muscle mass to be #1 in the world.. She fine fi be #1 in US but what about when she competes abroad. </div></div>

she is already the #1 junior girl in the world.


from my reading its not about that...its more about ensuring optimal preparation for a career beyond the juniors.

who remember when Venus was just starting out? even though she could compete her father would not let her play tournaments until her game and body was fine tuned </div></div>

anwsar de qwestian richd

do yu tink shi too fat fe play tennis cah yuh dancinn rund de issue?

so de optimal way fe prepare ar fe future career iss embrass de yung blakk ooman about ar weight. mii tink mekk ar play ann wen shii start fe lose cah shi need fe bee inn bettar candition ar pride as an top athlete will force ar fe confront de issue.

wen serena came out ann tart playinn pon pro curcuit dem awlso sed shi wass too fat to play tennis. richard williams mii read inn wan artikkle wear imm made fun aff lindsey cah aff ar weight so mii tekk imm camment widd a grain aff salt. de realitee iss dat imm may ave short curcuit venus pro career maybe dat y dem got ridd aff imm as dem coach

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Re: too fat fe play tennis

<span style="font-weight: bold">Teen Tennis Champ Taylor Townsend Proves America Still Has A Problem With Black Women’s Bodies</span>



Taylor Townsend has a body like Serena…and that’s a problem.

Townsend, the number one junior women’s player in the world, nearly missed a spot in last week’s U.S. Open because U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) told her they weren’t going to finance her appearance in anymore tournaments until she got into better shape.

Like many black, female athletes, Townsend is not stick-thin. At 5’6”, she weighs about 170-pounds. Despite being the top-ranked player on the junior’s circuit and winning the Australian Open earlier this year, the brass at the USTA aimed to pull the teen from the U.S. Open and any other tournaments until she loses weight.

But should she?

Townsend said she was devastated when her USTA coaches told her she couldn’t compete in the U.S. Open.

“It was definitely shocking,” the teen said. “I was actually very upset. I cried. I was actually devastated. I mean, I worked really hard, you know, it’s not by a miracle that I got to number one. I’m not saying that to be conceited or anything, but it’s not just a miracle or it didn’t just fall upon me just because my name’s Taylor.”

After her Australian Open win, the Chicago teen who now lives at the USTA center in Florida, ditched fast food and incorporated running and weight-lifting into her training routine. But the wasn’t enough for Patrick McEnroe, the general manager of the USTA’s player development program. McEnroe explained why the USTA refused to finance Townsend’s slot in the Open.

“Our concern is her long-term health, number one, and her long-term development as a player,” he explained the Wall Street Journal. “We have one goal in mind: For her to be playing in [Arthur Ashe Stadium] in the main draw and competing for major titles when it’s time. That’s how we make every decision, based on that.”

But as the Bleacher Report points out, concerns about Townsend’s health didn’t prevent the USTA from allowing her to play in both the singles and the doubles competition in the Australian Open earlier this year, in which Townsend had to pull a double-header and play twice in one day.

So what gives?

According to Townsend’s mother—a former tennis player at Lincoln University—the USTA didn’t give them any specifics as to why her daughter was denied.

“I actually asked them if they would give me some specifics so that I can help facilitate helping her to understand what they were doing and the reasoning behind what they were doing,” Shelia Townsend told ABC News. “I never was able to get it.”

Instead, Townsend’s mother did what any committed parent would do: she paid the entry fees and financed her daughter’s way into the U.S. Open. With mounting pressure and amid the ire of her coaches, Taylor lost in the semi-finals, but brought home the double’s title with her partner, Gabrielle Andrews, making it her third Grand Slam doubles title this year.

While the McEnroe later said the USTA’s refusal to fund Townsend’s birth in the U.S. Open had “nothing to do with weight; it has nothing to do with body type,” they have decided to reimburse Townsend’s mother, calling the entire situation a “miscommunication.”

Hearing of Taylor Townsend’s predicament conjured of thoughts of Serena and Venus Williams.

For years the sisters and their father have alleged that the USTA continuously overlooked racist incidents, and when the sisters first burst on the scene, Serena was seen as fat, out of shape, and too big to be a serious athlete (and the comments on many articles mentioning Townsend suggest the same).

If Taylor Townsend was overweight and unable to compete on the court, then I would agree that she needs to take some time off and focus on her fitness. But the USTA’s insistence that the teen lose weight, despite the fact that she’s the top ranked player in the world and is playing well (and many of the sport’s legends are outraged at her treatment), shows that some don’t quite understand that not all black women can simply fit into the stick-thin, cookie cutter mold of their mostly blonde competitors.


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Re: too fat fe play tennis?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
anwsar de qwestian richd

do yu tink shi too fat fe play tennis cah yuh dancinn rund de issue?</div></div>

she does not appear to be too fat to me, however i don not know what her fitness level is.

the media has done her a disservice by blowing up this story and making it about weight.
from what i read this fitness issue has been ongoing and she had no problem with the advice she was being given up to this point.

my comments are only aimed at getting a full understanding of the situation not being reactionary.