So, I don't normally follow tennis, but I found it interesting today. A player lost the US Open lost the set, and ultimately the tournament, because of unsportsmanlike conduct for cussing out a line judge. She was also fined $10K for her actions. This was a high price to pay for her emotions getting the best of her.
Yet, unless there is a high cost to letting our emotions run us then we will continue to let them do so. I think that loosing the tournament, the prize, and $10K might help her have more self control in the future.
Meanwhile in the halls of congress the congressman from South Carolina refuses to apologize to his colleagues for breaking their rules of conduct when he hollered at the President last week from the house floor on national television. Others in the House are considering possibly reprimanding him but are having difficulty doing so without finding themselves in political hot soup. Instead of his bad behavior costing him, this Representative is using it to gain further spotlight time and is raising quite a lot of money for his election from this for his reelection bid.
Some people have noted that congress has sometime booed presidents in the past. This is true. Booing, however, is different. Booing is a collective way of expressing distaste for what was just said. Hollering out "YOU LIE!" is an individual direct attack on a person and his office.
In his apology to the President, he said that he let his emotions get the best of him. So did the tennis star. Perhaps our elected officials in Washington should spend some time watching sports and learn from them how to handle people who won't follow the basic rules of the game and have the courage to referee themselves.
Thanks for reading.
Jeff
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