Navratilova Slams Tennis Doping System

[keeg021985]

phrenqdog: You obviously did not listen to her.

[phrenqdog]

That is typical, she should get off her high horse and take a look at herself. It is pitiful when someone like her use a situation such as this to elevate herself by criticizing an open and honest person. I used to like her but I don't anymore. Andre's revelation will help many people get through and understand addiction. What a small person she is for putting him down like she did. SHAME ON YOU NAVRATILOVA!

[olaraay]

its not the fact he took the recreational drug its the fact he got caught and lied about it

he duped and system and got away with it.

[Johntkr]

If you know anything about steroids you know that it causes calcification in the chin, which makes it more prominent. I don't know if you are familiar with the degree of change from when she was age 19 to about the age 22. The difference was from slight facial features to a relatively prominent chin, her body changed from almost petite to looking like a professional body builder.

[Johntkr]

Agassis' attempt to bring awareness to the harm of crystal meth has nothing to do with Nav. The first interview was her comparing him to Roger Clemens, the best known cheater through drug enhancement in the world. Comparing Clemmons to Agassi and claiming it was only the lie is like comparing a bank robber to someone who went broke and lied about it and then saying they are alike because neither told the truth about their actions. She presents as lying about what was meant by her comments.

[emmyjo720]

Martina looks great, her response is typically intelligent, well thought out and she was far from harsh here. She was harsher on the PTB than Andre.

[bigassballsyes]

lol Martina always struck me as a steroid head although was a big fan of her

[AdvertChild98]

At least the steriod head is honest and disciplinary.

[shandy001]

Seems she spoke out without knowing all the facts and is now regretting it? I was lucky and met Andre recently in Toronto, she's got one thing right, he's a really nice guy.

[AdvertChild98]

Is he really a nice guy or just trying to put on a show? No one truly knows.

[1tennisace]

martina never took drugs thats so stupid to say that,she has a point here,but she also said sorry in her way to andre

[Plumpot77]

I've no time for people who make quick, harsh judgements about others ... is Navratilova so perfect then?

[unc10s01]

Ok Martina... Like you never took any drugs while playing on tour... please... just covering your own @ss...

[xman4un]

How did she become Ms. Goody-Two-Shoes of professional tennis???You're right, when I saw her in the mid-90's....I definitely knew there was something going on in her life other than workouts!

[AdvertChild98]

I think andre is the one who's Goody-Two-Shoes. He kept his cover very well for almost 20 years, and we used to have so much respect for him, but he has been nothing but a hypocrite, a liar and a cheater. The only one I feel sorry about is his wife Steffi Graf who's a true legend and a true philaphropist. Talk about sleeping with an enemy. Up to 10 years, he could've declared his drug using and cheated the game, but he had to wait til the rule expires so that he could sell more books.

[xman4un]

why overblow events? Agassi was well outside the top 100 that year, played less than a handful of events and didn't even take any sports enhancing drugs. What the fuck are you talking about? First of all...get your damn facts straight. He more than earned his athletic merit in sports with his well earned achievements.

[AdvertChild98]

Who the fuck care if he dropped outside100 or 200. The fact is he broke the rule which everyone sticked to except for him. He should've been suspended but he didn't. Because he lied about it and got away with it. It was so unfair for the players and made tennis credibility look worse compared to other sports. Despite of those, you have some nerves to say he earned his athletic merit in sports? Don't make me puke. A person with integrity wouldn't lie about it and try to cheat the punishment.

[xman4un]

Happily...you're immature opinion doesn't count for verry much. And apparently you don't know much about the game either.

[AdvertChild98]

Happily your hypocritical idol Andre Agassi will go down in history to be Tennis Hall of Shame. Everybody will remember he cheated the game and took drug and lied about it for over 10 years in order to get away with punishment.

Dumbass, this is about breaking the rules, which he did. And you are defending a drug cheat, a liar like that? I feel sorry for you.

[mediocreplayer]

@AdvertChild98 This reasoning is fundamentally flawed. Why exactly was it "so unfair for the players"? Did it provide Andre with an unfair advantage over the other players? Absolutely not. If anything, it made him suck at the game and lose to people that he normally beat with his eyes closed.

Yes, he lied. But that's a different problem and we are not the morality police. But as a tennis legend, this can only have zero effect on his historical status.

[AdvertChild98]

@mediocreplayer It is unfair to other players because at that time everybody not just Andre were governed by the same rule. Pete Sampass couldn't take the forbidden drug, neither could Andre; BUT those who got caught, which Andra didn't, had been suspended for a year. So the problem is not whether or not the drug would or would not give Andra an advantage over other players, the bottomline is he lied and got away with punishment and he was allowed to keep playing. Do you get that?

[AdvertChild98]

Besides, if Andre was allowed to break the rule, then everybody should've been allowed to! But the fact of the matter is he was the only one who cheated and escaped from the suspension. That's the point that Martina was trying to get acrossed. She also said she didn't believe cristal meth should be a forbidden drug for players as it's not a drug that could enhance athlete's ability, but that is the rule, what else can we say?

[AdvertChild98]

oh please, isn't that Tennis has intensive drug tests? Andre might get away with it, but Martina? First she's a lesbian, second she's a woman and from Czech Republic. Many chauvinists can't wait to step on her toes, do you really think she could get away with it during her 30 years tennis career if she really took drugs? Make no logical sense.