Tennis Has Gotten So Soft That Apparently You're Not Even Allowed To Drill Your Opponent In The Face Anymore
What are we even doing here? Back in the day, John McEnroe would try to cave your skull in with his racket if he was having a bad day on the court. Smashing a ball into his opponent's face would be just any ordinary day where he's slightly perturbed. That's back when tennis was played by men who understood that some shit goes a little haywire in the heat of the moment when you're in the middle of competition. You think Andre Agassi would be sorry for almost decapitating his opponent? Not a damn chance. He'd be glad because that would mean he'd have an advantage moving forward.
Buddy over here immediately went over and apologized. Where is the competitive spirit in that? Where is the dawg mentality? Sure, maybe your wires crossed a little bit there and you didn't necessarily mean to dome shot the guy. But he's the competition and he shouldn't have been standing there. It's not your fault that his face got in the way of the ball.
We've seen the pussification of all sports across the board throughout the years. But those were all mostly contact sports where it made sense that maybe we didn't need guys to literally try to murder each other on the field anymore. But now that even tennis is getting pussified? That's when you know that we've totally lost control of the situation. This world has gone softer than a deliciously fresh, warm chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven.
The good news is that while every other sport on the planet continues to go soft, you can always count on pickleball on remaining hard. You think pickleball gives a shit about head shots? Not a chance. Especially not when players are bashing their own skulls so hard that they're breaking their paddles.
Hell yeah, brother. That shit is punk rock.