FIRST UP ,ALL RESPECT TO RAFAEL NADAL .

 THE GAME WILL CONTINUE TO BE POPULATED BY BETTER AND BETTER ATHLETES WHO TRAIN MORE AND MORE LIKE BOXERS .

 BIGGER --FASTER & STRONGER IS THE WAY SPORT HAS ALWAYS EVOLVED ,TENNIS IS NO DIFFERENT.

HOW TENNIS DOES DIFFER FROM OTHER MAJOR SPORTS, IS IN IT'S FRACTURED AND COMPETING GOVERNING BODIES.

 ATP--- WTA--ITF--USTA ----- WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW ANYWAY?

CERTAINLY NO ONE WITH THE POWER TO GET A GRAND SLAM MENS FINAL TELIVISED!!

ONE OF OUR SPORTS 4  MAJOR SHOWCASES TO THE WORLD WAS SUBORDINATED TO CATCH AS CATCH CAN CHANNEL HOPPING THAT BASICLY  TURNED OFF  THE UNITED STATES VIEWING AUDIENCE, AND SUCCEDED IN ONLY CONFIRMING  TENNIS AS A SECOND TIER ATTRACTION TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER TO REALLY ENJOY WATCHING TENNIS, ONE MUST HAVE A RESONABLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TACTICAL INNER WORKINGS THAT MAKE THE GAME MUCH MORE THAN IT APPEARS TO BE ON ITS SURFACE.

IF THERE WERE A MEETING OF THE COMISSIONERS OF SPORT NEXT WEEK-- GOLF, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL,FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY WOULD HAVE A SPOT AT THE TABLE, AND TENNIS SADLY WOULD NOT.  

I THINK ITS TIME TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS LIKE A BUSINESS--- YOU POWERS THAT BE--!!

BUT I GUESS THE PROBLEM LIES IN JUST THOSE--- POWERS THAT BE.

                                                                                               JUST MY OPINION, HOWIE BURNETT