Whereas I’m like “my racquets cost $160 each!” I carry them swaddled in gauze.

I saw a dude go full racquet destruction out on the public courts the other day, and every court for like 2 or 3 courts on either side of him stopped play in silent awe. 

Two things. First, solidarity strikes are legally prohibited in the U.S. (I believe). I’d argue that shouldn’t be a particular bar from a strategic perspective, both in terms of the immediate issue and in terms of a long-term goal of ultimately changing the prohibition on solidarity strikes— sometimes effective labor…

Jon Favreau is a saltine cracker baked in a human shape.

I think they should have carried out a solidarity strike, but it doesn’t seem to have even been a consideration. “How else were we going to play!? (without scab umpires)” is a little beyond the pale in any case.

Maybe so; I can imagine a situation like that, I just can’t readily think of a real-world example. But I’ll concede that there are times when being a scab might well be morally ambiguous. As you say: this wasn’t one.

The crazy part is that he ever expected not to be fucked. You can be a scab if you want, but what do you really think the union’s going to do for you after the strike ends?

Sure, but otoh, many union members literally died to give us many many many of the rights and privileges we take for granted now. There are still people (fewer of them, but still) who would never under any circumstances whatsoever cross a picket line— not even to get something they vitally needed, much less just to…

I mean, I have some sympathy... but otoh fuck him, he was a fucking scab.

KPFA had an incredibly thorough deconstruction of this article yesterday. The basic upshot was that almost none of it is correct or credible. 

I’d like the soup de jure

Both these things are stated in the article, but to repeat: if it was part of an active investigation, it wouldn’t be immediately subject to FOIA, but more importantly, UConn never claimed the $30K “rule-breaking” was the reason for the firing.

Apparently the last time you paid attention to tennis was the early 90s. 

This strategy sounds oddly familiar. 

Interesting I suppose; irrelevant to this exchange however.

Nick’s always been quick around the courts.

My opinion about the issue at hand is that your opinion about the issue at hand is wrong, and shitty. Does that help you out?

I have an opinion: it’s that your opinion is wrong, and shitty. Which part of that was unclear to you?

You’re entitled to your opinion, and the rest of us are entitled to accurately describe it as a totally shitty opinion. Happy to help you figure out how this whole discourse thing works.

Well, Serena won the Australian Open while pregnant, so apparently the difficulties are eminently surmountable.