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Just to be clear, post match interviews aren’t “paparazzi”, they aren’t randomly followed on the street, they meet at a given place at a given time and interact

Just to be clear, post match interviews aren’t “paparazzi”, they aren’t randomly followed on the street, they meet at a given place at a given time and interact with cleared media people. Do they get asked bad questions sometimes? Yes and it’s amazing to see that reporter asking something inappropriate get slammed by the players.

nrb 5y ago
Why is it amazing for the players in the midst of a very emotional moment to have to endure an inappropriate question, and respond with an attack? People have such a fetish for “Person A DESTROYS Person B” drama that they’re disregarding the humanity and dignity of the people along the way.
- harperlee 5y ago
  On one hand I agree with you; on the other hand, they are getting paid to perform, and that includes the interview by contract. The problem with performances such as those interviews, or theatre plays, is that they need to be done in a timely manner. I think it is reasonable that their career worsens if the reliability is not there - even if there are perfectly legitimate causes for it such are not being emotionally able. Same way there are career issues if you break a leg during a tournament. Regarding dignity, these people do have alternative paths to earn money, so if they choose a job that they find undign, they can just resign.
- throw0101a 5y ago
  > Why is it amazing for the players in the midst of a very emotional moment to have to endure an inappropriate question, and respond with an attack? It is amazing that people make a lot of money from playing a game, and for making millions in sponsorships from being famous for that game: > Both sponsorship agreements follow a wave of success for Osaka. The three-time Grand Slam winner defeated 23-time champion Serena Williams in 2018 and became the highest paid female athlete in 2020, earning around $34 million from endorsements alone. * https://insidersport.com/2021/01/20/naomi-osaka-signs-luxury-brand-sponsorship-deal/ https://insidersport.com/2021/01/20/naomi-osaka-signs-luxury... * https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/05/22/naomi-osaka-is-the-highest-paid-female-athlete-ever-topping-serena-williams/?sh=3f696ca31fd3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/05/22/naom... * https://sportskhabri.com/naomi-osaka-brand-ambassador-endorsement-partner-sponsor/ https://sportskhabri.com/naomi-osaka-brand-ambassador-endors... If she doesn't want to go out there in public, perhaps she should stopping putting herself out there in public. If you don't want to be rich and famous, but just rich, go run a hedge fund. Many fewer people will know about you and you'll have just as nice a lifestyle.
  - tolbish 5y ago
    It's incredible how entitled we think we are to another person's time, attention, and peace of mind just because they had the audacity to be the best at what they do.
    - throw0101a 5y ago
      If someone does not want to be in the public, they have every right to not be in the public eye. But when you are paid to be in the public eye, especially with multi-million dollar endorsement/advertisement contracts, then complaining about being in the public eye... seems non-sensensical IMHO.
      - p49k 5y ago
        Someone might want to play tennis at the highest level and at the same time only be in the "public eye" to a medium extent (spectators and broadcast of the actual match) rather than to the extreme. That shouldn't be an unreasonable ask.
        throw0101a 5y ago
        > Someone might want to play tennis Then play tennis. But when you sign endorsement deals that has your face on billboards that are several stories tall, complaining about being the public eye is disingenuous: * https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4DGMdJgcm/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4DGMdJgcm/ * https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/60258/naomi-osaka-takes-selfie-with-her-billboard/ https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/60258/naomi-osaka-takes-...
        p49k 5y ago
        Perhaps she reasonably assumed that if someone pays to put your face on a billboard while wearing your product, then they are paying to put your face on a billboard while wearing your product. Transaction complete. The expectation that they should accept further exploitation (paparazzi, forced interviews, etc) is a societal disease; these people are human as well.
- uselesstech 5y ago
  Because that is what the markets have determined. There weren’t always post match pressers and clearly the sport has determined that there is a value to having them. Also, inappropriate questions are very rare but I was just using that as a personal example of what I enjoy but there are also good bits in those pressers on mentality and good examples of composure with a loss that people can learn from. There’s a lot people can get out from a champions mindset which you otherwise wouldn’t get unless they choose to release a book later in life.
  - TomSwirly 5y ago
    > Because that is what the markets have determined. So what? Markets aren't a god or a person. Championship tennis is about as far away from a free market as you can imagine.
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nrb 5y ago

Why is it amazing for the players in the midst of a very emotional moment to have to endure an inappropriate question, and respond with an attack? People have such a fetish for “Person A DESTROYS Person B” drama that they’re disregarding the humanity and dignity of the people along the way.

harperlee 5y ago
On one hand I agree with you; on the other hand, they are getting paid to perform, and that includes the interview by contract. The problem with performances such as those interviews, or theatre plays, is that they need to be done in a timely manner. I think it is reasonable that their career worsens if the reliability is not there - even if there are perfectly legitimate causes for it such are not being emotionally able. Same way there are career issues if you break a leg during a tournament. Regarding dignity, these people do have alternative paths to earn money, so if they choose a job that they find undign, they can just resign.
throw0101a 5y ago
> Why is it amazing for the players in the midst of a very emotional moment to have to endure an inappropriate question, and respond with an attack? It is amazing that people make a lot of money from playing a game, and for making millions in sponsorships from being famous for that game: > Both sponsorship agreements follow a wave of success for Osaka. The three-time Grand Slam winner defeated 23-time champion Serena Williams in 2018 and became the highest paid female athlete in 2020, earning around $34 million from endorsements alone. * https://insidersport.com/2021/01/20/naomi-osaka-signs-luxury-brand-sponsorship-deal/ https://insidersport.com/2021/01/20/naomi-osaka-signs-luxury... * https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/05/22/naomi-osaka-is-the-highest-paid-female-athlete-ever-topping-serena-williams/?sh=3f696ca31fd3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/05/22/naom... * https://sportskhabri.com/naomi-osaka-brand-ambassador-endorsement-partner-sponsor/ https://sportskhabri.com/naomi-osaka-brand-ambassador-endors... If she doesn't want to go out there in public, perhaps she should stopping putting herself out there in public. If you don't want to be rich and famous, but just rich, go run a hedge fund. Many fewer people will know about you and you'll have just as nice a lifestyle.
- tolbish 5y ago
  It's incredible how entitled we think we are to another person's time, attention, and peace of mind just because they had the audacity to be the best at what they do.
  - throw0101a 5y ago
    If someone does not want to be in the public, they have every right to not be in the public eye. But when you are paid to be in the public eye, especially with multi-million dollar endorsement/advertisement contracts, then complaining about being in the public eye... seems non-sensensical IMHO.
    - p49k 5y ago
      Someone might want to play tennis at the highest level and at the same time only be in the "public eye" to a medium extent (spectators and broadcast of the actual match) rather than to the extreme. That shouldn't be an unreasonable ask.
      - throw0101a 5y ago
        > Someone might want to play tennis Then play tennis. But when you sign endorsement deals that has your face on billboards that are several stories tall, complaining about being the public eye is disingenuous: * https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4DGMdJgcm/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4DGMdJgcm/ * https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/60258/naomi-osaka-takes-selfie-with-her-billboard/ https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/60258/naomi-osaka-takes-...
        p49k 5y ago
        Perhaps she reasonably assumed that if someone pays to put your face on a billboard while wearing your product, then they are paying to put your face on a billboard while wearing your product. Transaction complete. The expectation that they should accept further exploitation (paparazzi, forced interviews, etc) is a societal disease; these people are human as well.
uselesstech 5y ago
Because that is what the markets have determined. There weren’t always post match pressers and clearly the sport has determined that there is a value to having them. Also, inappropriate questions are very rare but I was just using that as a personal example of what I enjoy but there are also good bits in those pressers on mentality and good examples of composure with a loss that people can learn from. There’s a lot people can get out from a champions mindset which you otherwise wouldn’t get unless they choose to release a book later in life.
- TomSwirly 5y ago
  > Because that is what the markets have determined. So what? Markets aren't a god or a person. Championship tennis is about as far away from a free market as you can imagine.
- deleted 5y ago
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