Another moment of complicity
In less than 20 minutes, coverage of the men's final of the US Open will begin. TV media outlets that are covering the match are being asked not to show (to mute? to cut?) the boos that will be directed at the president of the United States who has decided to accept the invitation of Rolex (who may be trying to curry favor given the tariffs on Switzerland). It is the USTA doing the asking , by the way. (Presumably the governing body of American tennis was asked by White House type folks.) I am not surprised. Few probably are. There are not too many sports governing bodies that have a political conscience. (Interesting conversations exist and persist around the WNBA and NBA and how players are leading the way in political stances vs the organizations themselves.) I truly hope people in attendance know this happening and that people pull out their phones and post--immediately and often. Finalist Carlos Alcatraz made some comment about how it is good when presidents atten...