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Protest over 'sexist' ball girls

  • 20-10-2004 2:38pm
    #1
    Redleslie2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭


    A senior Spanish government official has asked organisers of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament to stop using models as ball-girls.
    Second seed Andre Agassi has also expressed misgivings, saying he was not convinced that it was the way to promote tennis.

    The arrival of the models, who wear short skirts and skin-tight black tops, has already stirred up controversy.

    BBC story.

    For the ladies matches, are they going to replace ball boys with firemen or cowboys or something?


Comments

  • #2
    skywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭skywalker


    she can be my ball girl any day.


  • #3
    smoke.me.a.kipper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,626 ✭✭✭smoke.me.a.kipper


    holy moses!


  • #4
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    im watching tennis from now on!!!


  • #5
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    So they have ball girls for the men's matches and ball boys for the women's ones? That's a bit weird, why not have mixed ball people for both?


  • #6
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    Naw, 'girl models only' works for me.


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  • #7
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    or how about female tennis players say anna kornakorva (sp!!! i know!!!) and maria schrapovia(sp again i know) and the models!!! now thats my kinda tennis match:)


  • #8
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Gives a whole new meaning to the term "new balls please"... ;)

    Can I volunteer mine?


  • #9
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    these girls can hit a ball at really fast speeds and you want them to use yours!!! brave soldier, brave brave soldier :)


  • #10
    loz_the_boz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 145 ✭✭loz_the_boz


    more pics erm evidence required before i make up my mind


  • #11
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    woosaysdan wrote:
    these girls can hit a ball at really fast speeds and you want them to use yours!!! brave soldier, brave brave soldier :)

    Yeah, but worth it if that "ballgirl" from the beeb news report gets to fondle them first... ;)


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  • #12
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    wonder will kournikova get a job as one of those


  • #13
    smoke.me.a.kipper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,626 ✭✭✭smoke.me.a.kipper


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote:
    wonder will kournikova get a job as one of those
    probably the best chance she would ever have of getting a major final


  • #14
    alienhead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭alienhead


    about time too!


  • #15
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    loz_the_boz wrote:
    more pics erm evidence required before i make up my mind
    I endorse this campaign.


  • #16
    stagolee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭stagolee


    simu wrote:
    why not have mixed ball people for both?

    "mixed ball people" like the one in this thread ? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=195014


  • #17
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    stagolee wrote:
    "mixed ball people" like the one in this thread ? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=195014
    no thats just mixed up people!!!


  • #18
    Jim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,181 ✭✭✭✭Jim


    "Critics say model ball girls will distract the tennis players"

    We'll suddenely see all the gay tennis players winning everything.


  • #19
    stagolee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭stagolee


    Jimeatsmenu wrote:
    "Critics say model ball girls will distract the tennis players"

    We'll suddenely see all the gay tennis players winning everything.

    or country tennis players , then they'll have to use ball-sheep a la king pin


  • #20
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    thats why we should only use the models with the sexy female tennis players


  • #21
    stagolee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭stagolee


    woosaysdan wrote:
    thats why we should only use the models with the sexy female tennis players

    my god man i think your on to something there , and hows about this? strip tennis!! only a small modification of the rules necessary and we have the most engrossing spectator sport in the history of mankind :D:D


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  • #22
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    uum i like the way you think!!!:)


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