Well, this thread took off.
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We are putting a lot of pressure on Aussie Gov't
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Ceasars in Tennessee still has Medvedev +250 and Zverev +800, and other places its like +150 and +250 respectively. My buddy in AZ checked and lines were updated there already, so I guess it's just Tennessee. Just an FYI but I loaded up on both.Comment -
0 athletes across the world across any sport has died of covidNo way a pro tennis player will ever die from Covid. I wouldn't get the vax shot either. Natural Immunity is proving to be far better then the vax shots now.
World is twisted over Covid!!
This new Covid variant is nothing more then a flu bug. It's very weak and not lethal.
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Oh ffs it's going to be #freedemonnobrain soon if you keep it up.
He IS FREE TO LEAVE. Get on a plane and gtfo like we're all hoping for. The only reason he's in detention is he's trying to lodge an appeal and hopes it takes long enough that a soft cokk judge allows him to play. Anyone who lodges an appeal to a v-isa revocation is put in detention. I would be, you would (actually they may just send your dumbass straight out)... no one gives a shit about a 'special skill'. My special skill is banning people. His is playing tennis. According to the government we're on the same level ground.
The Vic Government has repeatedly said as soon as he wants to go home, not only is he free to do so but we'll usher him the f out of here with a smile on our faces (my words... they said we'll facilitate it immediately and he'll depart Australia as soon as possible).
This whiny bitch has put himself in this position himself. He asked for a private chef: DENIED. He asked to be transferred to the house he had rented here in Melbourne: DENIED. Yet he still chooses to stay. And this is only the first Slam of the year... good luck getting into the others
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you can still get +165 out there but better do it quick down to +145 some placesComment -
so selfish he only donated $25k to help ease the suffering from fire damage there 2 years ago
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The people on my street donated more than $25k to the Bushfire Appeal and trust me, none of us are worth hundreds of millions. Who gives a shit what he donated anyway? Follow the rules of a country or leave. Easy peasy.Comment -
He's gonna win this ****, and then he's gonna kick the living shit out of any and every Aussie he faces.Comment -
You can't force someone to get vaccinated for a cold. This is getting stupid now. Australians are going to regret this.Comment -
Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley has appeared in a video (I’m not sure what the source is, perhaps it is Tennis Australia)
Most of it is talking about the Summer Of Tennis/Australian Open.
In regards to the stuff related to this thread he has said (paraphrased)
They are working with the players and their teams who have been denied entry.
He would like to reveal the full truth but with the pending court proceedings next Monday he won’t comment now but will afterwards.
There is a lot of finger pointing and blaming going on.
His team have done everything they have asked to the best of their ability with the instructions they have been given.
I doubt the full truth is out as well but we will see either way.Last edited by Jeff_Black; 01-07-22, 11:16 PM.Comment -
If the Serbian government gave him diplomatic immunity he would probably be exempt from International border entry requirements.Comment -
rules are rules as they say down under
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Is this real? Federer does not know that being vaccinated does not change the likelihood of contracting the virus? Unreal. I guess that's why there are so many infections these days everywhere... people get vaccinated and think they can't get it (and stop using masks & practicing physical distancing), in reality they can get it just the same, except it won't hurt them the same, if they do.Comment -
Serbian president already made some childish personal swipe at the PM.
So he is now dispatched to the idiot bin with Djokos wife and father.
What Serbia says or does just hurts his position now.
It appears a big part of the problem is that the Victorian state govt encouraged tennis Australia to tell him to come.
Despite the State govt having been clearly told what would happen if he arrived with no valid exemption.
Maybe not only Djokos fault. But he still has to go..Comment -
Kyrgios thinks this just makes Djokovic stronger if he's allowed to play. We all know that Djokovic is not shaken by the whining little idiots.Comment -
now Joker claims he got covid on December 16, but the cut off was december 10 to report that. Every few hours more information is coming out and some contradict eachother
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I'm hoping he gets in and plays if only to watch the spectacle and the chaos ensue..
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This is very easy to resolve. You can't force someone to inject something in his body. I'm vaxxed but I did it on my own volition. No government especially foreign government forced me to.
Let him play and test everyday like Aaron Rodgers and if he tests positive then he misses game and forfeits.
Australia is behaving like Nazi Germany and is a very bad look for the country right now.Comment -
It's an island. Border controls are serious business down here.
But yes, there is a significant group who think they are too strict. Illegal immigrants are regularly kept in detention places like Djoko for many years if they want to fight against a v1sa refusal.
I have a friend who's father was part of the US installed Iraq govt after 2nd gulf war. His family paid $4000 to have him smuggled to Indonesia and then on a boat here. He was told to destroy all identity documents and lie that he feared for his life as an Iraqi. He was Iranian and could have gone there to be with family. His family and he thought he would have a better future in Australia. He was locked up from 15yo to 23yo before they finally let him stay. He is kind of eff up, we assume from the detention. It's a shitty system for individuals but the fact is he could have chosen to be deported to Iran any time he gave up fighting the ruling he wasn't a refugee. And AFAIK most real refugees get approved within a year or two.
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I get the immigration rules. But this is an athlete that is going be in the country only for 3 weeks. Test him daily or 3 times a day and force him to only stay in his hotel room and travel only between the room and the tennis court if you think he is going to spread covid in the country.
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Yeah I agree that is exactly the sort of deal that they should have tried to arrange in advance. When Tennis Aust was told the federal rules.
Or at least make sure it was clear he would not be allowed in if that idea was refused.
Problem is that whoever called the shots at Tennis Australia, as well as Djoko, thought he was important enough that rules could be bent if the issue was forced. But now it's a political football in an egalitarian country where no politician wants to sign off on a sports star getting special treatment that the rest of us cannot. Many people who have had family stuck overseas for months due to the rules among them..Comment -
Sammy - I know a couple professional soccer players, a Sumo wrestler and a cricket star all died from Covid. I haven't heard of a professional in the US but A LOT of US athletes have had major problems from Covid, several had to retire. So, it can happen.
But, now with the vaccines, very few people have to be hospitalized or die, so we're at the point now where there's no reason for someone to die from Covid. Omicron looks like it's mild. So it's time to move on.Comment
