As Marat Safin winds down his pro tennis-playing days, he’s lobbed a little grenade at Andre Agassi saying the tennis legend should return his 60 ATP titles and all the money he made, including his eight Grand Slam titles and Career Grand Slam.
If he is as fair play as he says he is, he has to go to the end. You know, the ATP has a bank account and he can give the money back if he wants.
Last month Agassi said he took crystal meth (a banned substance) while playing and lied to the ATP about it. Should Agassi give back his titles? Does crystal meth help you win on the court?
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Crystal meth is a recreational drug–no way would it help on the court. This is akin to saying that someone who lied about smoking pot early in his career should give back all the titles he won 10 years later. Silly.
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I cannot believe how much Andre is being hammered on radio shows and on here. Meth does nothing for you game… The fact he lied about what he was doing is the only thing he did wrong. How he came back from that hell is so remarkable and he should not be crucified like this!
Marat is probably just pissed off because Andre probably beat along the way for one of them titles.
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Never was a big fan of Agassi but the shit he is taking from other tennis players is completely undeserved. I heard Martina slam him. Surprised Safin has added to it. Thought he was more chill than that.
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
yah, as much as i love safin, im going to have to say i disagree with him here. i think that agassi’s admission is amazing, and it shows us the extreme pressure he was under. i think that being an elite athlete is something unique, and something most people can’t understand (especially as an individual athlete). i find it very interesting, and am curious if any other top players went through a similar time in their lives.
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Did you see him on 60 Minutes? Wah wah wah…poor him. To paraphrase: “I made horrible mistakes and did crystal meth. I only played tennis to please my father…I don’t even like it.”
Get off the cross, already. Who CARES?
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:29 am
some of these tennis players are so ignorant, as if they’ve never read up on the reasons why people do illicit drugs and how what he used was different than steroids. what decade are they living when the are surprised anyone has used drugs, and deciding that its the worst possible thing he could have done.
are they his parents? did his drug use affect them? did the fact he played worse on drugs affect them?
people who use drugs like meth, use it because they are at a low point in their life, not because the want to win a tennis championship. btw, agassi sucked while he used it. he was ranked somewhere in the low 100s when he was using. so if these people did their research, they’d realize that the meth didn’t help him.
he said so himself - he was depressed, hated his life, his marriage and his career. having compassion never occurred to these critics?
and with all the great work he has done bulding a school for poor kids, and seeing everyone of the graduating class of to univerisy, he made up for all his mistakes.
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 1:40 am
hey I used it to get through college- do I have to give up my degree? should i send my diploma back? isn’t the hole in my nose and loss of most taste and smell enough punishment??!?
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 1:55 am
oh wait this thread is about Andre and not me huh? ok then LEAVE ANDRE ALONE! he overcame addiction and depression to mount one of the greatest comebacks in tennis history! and how about the $140 million he has raised for charity? Safin isn’t player or man enough to shine Andre’s head!
on Nov 12th, 2009 at 1:43 am
So glad Safin is retiring this year…I’m sick of his bull shit remarks. Now, if we could only get his sister with her bad attitude and choke-prevalent legacy to retire as well.
on Nov 15th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Not only should Andre give up his titles, but the ATP should reevaluate his membership in the Hall of Fame, taking the two years after his positive test (those for which he should have been suspended) out of the equation. He broke the rules and should pay for it. He lied cheated and stole from all the players that were playing within the rules. He did not care about the ATP then, they should return the favor now.
on Nov 16th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Um. Boo. Let it go people.