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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:33 PM
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Federer fined $1,500 for profanity at US Open
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=Aq3LffS.jOSWw3DbUt9ofvg4v7YF?slug=ap-usopen-federerfined&prov=ap&type=lgns

NEW YORK (AP)—Roger Federer has been fined $1,500 for using a profanity while arguing with the chair umpire during the U.S. Open final.

CBS microphones picked up the exchange during its live broadcast of the match.

Tournament spokesman Chris Widmaier says Federer is being docked the same amount as two other players—Vera Zvonareva and Daniel Koellerer—for audible obscenity.

Widmaier says a total of $31,500 in fines is being collected by the tournament, topped by Serena Williams’ $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct. She also was fined $500 for racket abuse.

Daniel Nestor was docked $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct toward a fan.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:35 PM
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1. $1,500?
What a fucking joke!
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:37 PM
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4. You wanted more? Less? What?
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:16 PM
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10. It was a joke, but $1,500 to a millionaire is like pocket lint to us
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:38 PM
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7. It like a little paragraph saying you were a bad boy when the adult was
Speaking.
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gopiscrap Donating Member (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:06 AM
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13. This is a bullshit fine
Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 01:07 AM by gopiscrap
How do you even define obscenity? To me; fuck, ass, hell, damn, god damn, shit all those are acceptable but use words like: republican, conservative, gop, beck, limbaugh...now that's where I draw the line!!!
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 07:38 AM
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16. Look what woman do to avoid their pubic hair being referred to as their
Bus -------------I can't say it.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:36 PM
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2. Interesting. I didn't even know that Brittany's ex was a tennis player.
:P
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:38 PM
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6. Well, he certainly wasn't a singer!
:crazy:
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:36 PM
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3. Umpires should be baned from officiating ,worse calls I've ever seen. n/t
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 08:37 PM
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5. Is there a set fine per word
and do some words cost more than others? :shrug:
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:00 PM
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8. Probably based on number of letters.
Shankapotamus would invoke a bigger fine. And probably expulsion.

:evilgrin:
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 07:57 AM
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18. D*mn, where is George Carlin now.......
Loved his 7 words you can not say on TV. I miss him. :cry:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:02 PM
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9. I know some words that are priceless.
:yoiks:
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:19 PM
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11. racket abuse?
What's racket abuse?
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gopiscrap Donating Member (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:08 AM
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14. It's when you molest your racket
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 07:54 AM
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17. Throwing it on the ground, normally (nt)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:24 PM
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12. Actually, it was vulgarity, not profanity. nt
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 07:35 AM
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15. The Language or the Calls?
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