Tennis Channel removes Jon Wertheim for inappropriate remark

[jdeluise]

No, it wasn't sexual. He joked about Krejcikova's forehead...
Boy, Court_1 wouldn't have lasted a day on that job.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tennis-channel-removes-jon-wertheim-190337340.html

[*skriptis]

No, it wasn't sexual. He joked about Krejcikova's forehead... Boy, Court_1 wouldn't have lasted a day on that job.https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tennis-channel-removes-jon-wertheim-190337340.html

Why aren't tennis players removed from their jobs after they commit an error?

Their job is to hit balls correctly, once they fail, they should be removed, no?

[Whisper]

Post by *skriptis

No, it wasn't sexual. He joked about Krejcikova's forehead... Boy, Court_1 wouldn't have lasted a day on that job.https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tennis-channel-removes-jon-wertheim-190337340.html

Why aren't tennis players removed from their jobs after they commit an error?
Their job is to hit balls correctly, once they fail, they should be removed, no?

It's not really an error, she does have a big forehead. It's not a
negative, she can say it's because she has a big brain and some people
like big foreheads, gives them a bigger target for facials.

This is the great thing about usenet, you can still say anything you
like and crack inappropriate jokes. Whatever happened to 'sticks and
stones' etc?

[*skriptis]

Hingis also has a big forehead and it's kinda Slavic feature I'd say among western Slavs?


This situation is very clear imo.


It's not his job to comment on players' looks, that would have been a bad taste and really not his job, we can't have commentators saying player xy is ugly, especially since some fans might consider those players hot.

That's directly insulting taste of some of the viewers and fans and that's inexcusable.

So if he or anyone else does that, they should receive a warning if they do it while commenting.

No brainer.



Otoh this was his private joke that accidentally went on-air right?

You can't really punish him for the thing he said, since he didn't say it "officially" on-air.

You can't really force or control people what they say, think, or joke among themselves.

So he should apologise for lack of professionalism, letting his private chat going on-air, and that's about it.

I mean, I see it no different than if he said he had massive diarrhea this morning and explaining it in detail to his colleagues.

I don't want to hear that.



You punish/warn him for this stuff getting out, not for the content itself.

Very important to distinguish it, imo.

[Scall5]

Post by *skriptis
Hingis also has a big forehead and it's kinda Slavic feature I'd say among western Slavs?
This situation is very clear imo.
It's not his job to comment on players' looks, that would have been a bad taste and really not his job, we can't have commentators saying player xy is ugly, especially since some fans might consider those players hot.
That's directly insulting taste of some of the viewers and fans and that's inexcusable.
So if he or anyone else does that, they should receive a warning if they do it while commenting.
No brainer.
Otoh this was his private joke that accidentally went on-air right?
You can't really punish him for the thing he said, since he didn't say it "officially" on-air.
You can't really force or control people what they say, think, or joke among themselves.
So he should apologise for lack of professionalism, letting his private chat going on-air, and that's about it.
I mean, I see it no different than if he said he had massive diarrhea this morning and explaining it in detail to his colleagues.
I don't want to hear that.
You punish/warn him for this stuff getting out, not for the content itself.
Very important to distinguish it, imo.

No tears for Jon here; he works for the woke TV show "60 Minutes" that
is constantly undermining GOP politicians. Even when caught red handed,
the show double-downs and says that they did nothing wrong.

Live by the woke sword, die by the woke sword...

[jdeluise]

Post by Scall5

Post by *skriptis

On 12/11/2024 6:16 pm, *skriptis wrote:> jdeluise
sexual. He joked about Krejcikova's forehead... Boy, Court_1
wouldn't have lasted a day on that
job.https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tennis-channel-removes-jon-wertheim-190337340.html>

Post by *skriptis
Why aren't tennis players removed from their jobs

after they commit an error?> > Their job is to hit balls
correctly, once they fail, they should be removed, no?> > It's
not really an error, she does have a big forehead. It's not a
negative, she can say it's because she has a big brain and
some people like big foreheads, gives them a bigger target for
facials.This is the great thing about usenet, you can still
say anything you like and crack inappropriate jokes. Whatever
happened to 'sticks and stones' etc?

Hingis also has a big forehead and it's kinda Slavic feature
I'd say
among western Slavs?
This situation is very clear imo.
It's not his job to comment on players' looks, that would have
been
a bad taste and really not his job, we can't have commentators
saying player xy is ugly, especially since some fans might
consider
those players hot.
That's directly insulting taste of some of the viewers and fans
and
that's inexcusable.
So if he or anyone else does that, they should receive a
warning if
they do it while commenting.
No brainer.
Otoh this was his private joke that accidentally went on-air
right?
You can't really punish him for the thing he said, since he
didn't
say it "officially" on-air.
You can't really force or control people what they say, think,
or
joke among themselves.
So he should apologise for lack of professionalism, letting his
private chat going on-air, and that's about it.
I mean, I see it no different than if he said he had massive
diarrhea this morning and explaining it in detail to his
colleagues.
I don't want to hear that.
You punish/warn him for this stuff getting out, not for the
content
itself.
Very important to distinguish it, imo.

No tears for Jon here; he works for the woke TV show "60
Minutes" that
is constantly undermining GOP politicians. Even when caught red
handed, the show double-downs and says that they did nothing
wrong.
Live by the woke sword, die by the woke sword...

Yeah, the GOP does enough to undermine itself. Epstein's best
friend for 10 years just nominated another likely sex trafficker
for AG.

[Whisper]

No, it wasn't sexual.  He joked about Krejcikova's forehead... Boy,
Court_1 wouldn't have lasted a day on that job.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tennis-channel-removes-jon-
wertheim-190337340.html

This is why Trump won and is so popular with ordinary people. The
alternative is vote for people who react like this to a joke that was
obviously made for off air.

If Trump is the only alternative to woke then he'll just keep on being
popular. What's the alternative?

[bmoore]

Post by jdeluise
No, it wasn't sexual. He joked about Krejcikova's forehead...
Boy, Court_1 wouldn't have lasted a day on that job.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tennis-channel-removes-jon-wertheim-190337340.html

I first read this as "forehand" :-)