Quote (Mastersam93 @ Sep 12 2011 07:19am)
I finally figured it out. I've been wondering for a while why tennis has always been a sport for the western world and now I know why.
In tennis, the only way that one player can score a point is by denying a point to the other player. In all kinds of other sports, like basketball, football, and soccer, if one team gets a point the other team doesn't lose out on a point.
And this is essentially the imperialistic attitude of the western world. The "it's not enough for me to succeed, others have to fail" attitude is why tennis such an upper-class, white person's sport.
What kind of fucking analysis is that? Rofl. You may also forget that tennis is NOT timed. You can ALWAYS come back even if you are down 0-6, 0-6, 0-5 love-40 you can come back. If the score is 56 to 98 in a basketball game with 10 seconds left, I think you're shit out of luck. Now tell me, which is more "fucked up" and for "whites." Or are you going to tell me that this "imperialistic attitude" has nothing to do with, "no time left? well looks like you're out of luck." Still your fucking train of thought of winning a point means denying a point makes no fucking sense. How is it any different than scoring a goal in other sports? You fucking have to ball and score points in order to deny the other having the ball and scoring points. What a retarded ass post.
Either way, tennis's only barriers to entry are the high costs associated with playing and the lack of growth in developing countries. Unlike practicing many other sports, you need to find an actual court or else you really aren't practicing shit. Oftentimes you can't find a court, and many courts cost money to rent. Then comes the constant costs of buying new balls, strings, grips and the occasional racket. When I used to play heavily in junior tournaments almost every week, I used to pay about 50-60 bucks per week replacing broken strings, worn out grips and buying new balls. Tennis is quickly becoming more popular in developing nations and at the same time becoming more accessible. We have seen the gradual shift away from American dominance in tennis during all this as well. More Eastern Europeans have been successful and countries like Argentina have had large amounts of top players.
Part of the issue at the same time, is that many great players end up going to a different nation, such as America, Australia or France where tennis funding is a lot better. This is why it is great for players such as Novak to be successful while representing their own developing/new country to inspire the upcoming generations.