You’ve Gotta Be Kidding Me! Things In Tennis That Are Not Funny (Part IV)

Here are the things in tennis that aren’t funny: How is it that chair umps aren’t allowed to have a sun visor or wear a hat while officiating to shield them from the sun? Despite an awning on the top of the seat, the sun affects everyone on the court and if a ball person or linesperson can wear a hat or visor, it should be that the chair ump should too. They need protection from the sun when the awning isn’t shading them. It is obvious that they have a uniform or outfit, so the visor or hat can easily coordinate. This isn’t really funny, it’s terrible. Maybe that’s why they cannot see the ball’s trail properly.

Trophy size and differences should never vary totally. In every tournament, there has to be a winner and of curse a runner-up. But why are some tournaments have that ridiculous size and quality difference in trophies. There may be a very small silver plate and a very huge one; a great gold chalice and a bowl; sometimes it’s a quartz vase and not even a quartz at all for the runner up, who has fought incredibly hard to win and came within a small fraction of a point to lose the tournament. The size difference and style looks embarrassing when the winner and the runner up are made to take pictures beside each other. This should be changed into having a gold chalice and a silver one or a totally different styled trophy for the winner and runner up. But not small and big. It is demeaning to the loser and what makes it worst is especially during an upset when a ranked no. 200 has won over a no. 20; foolish and not a nice look or atmosphere. Bathroom breaks for officials (and linespeople and ballpersons). Players get bathroom breaks but what happens when the ballpersons or linespeople need to go to the bathroom? It would be common knowledge too that at times the chair ump has to go to the bathroom during a two hour or more match. Why aren’t these important people on court allowed to take that break? Why not be a time for most to get their chance along with the player or players to vacate the court for …

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