Former tennis great Martina Navratilova enjoyed a storied professional career. She has 18 major women’s singles titles, 31 women’s doubles majors and 10 major mixed doubles titles in women’s tennis, the most in the Open Era.
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But since retiring in 2006, Navratilova has been an outspoken critic of politics around the world. She has fired on former POTUS Donald Trump on multiple occasions. In a Twitter feud that erupted after Trump’s possible disability was revealed, Navratilova made a controversial comment in which she ignored golf as a sport, angering many of her fraternity. .
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Martina Navratilova relies on golf as ‘just an activity’
The Czech-American star was the first to spark a conversation when she retweeted. video Featuring Donald Trump. The clip displayed the former president while highlighting key symptoms of a condition called frontotemporal dementia.
Navratilova captioned the video as follows “interesting…” This caused netizens to react angrily to her callousness on sensitive topics. She got into a keyboard fight with another user who the tennis great found insensitive.
Amid the heated feud, Navratilova made a controversial remark when one of her users said Trump was comfortable playing golf. Here are the tweets:
Another difference – golf is an activity, tennis is a sport… 🙂
apples and oranges. And as heavy as Trump is, he can “settle down” on the ball very easily…— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) April 7, 2020
Needless to say, the tweet went viral among golf fans on Twitter. Netizens asked Navratilova to remove her comments, but Navratilova refused.
Did Navratilova’s Tweet Infuriate Tiger Woods and Allies?
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The tennis great’s tweet was widely viewed as outrage and hurt the feelings of golf fans. Many believed it would tarnish the image of golf and its players, especially world-famous players such as Tiger Woods.
Fans urged the professional golfer to speak out against Navratilova’s comments. But to avoid escalating the situation, Woods and others chose to ignore the statement. It was the right decision as it quieted the noise and made it darker.
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But as a lesson learned throughout, do you have any metrics to compare the differences between the sports? TV ratings and fan engagement may offer a solution, but is it enough to call a sport a sport? “activity”? Comment below.
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