To think you shouldn't be playing at Wimbledon if you have been charged with assault?

[AndNorrieDancing]

'Kyrgios charged with common assault'

www.skysports.com/share/12646207

Combined with his on court behaviour including spitting at a fan and ignoring rules and decency.

Or does the fact that his draws interest and thus money mitigate his behaviour?

YABU he should be allowed to play

YANBU he should be removed from the Competition.

Depends on what the tournament rules are about criminal charges or convictions. But generally speaking, a charge is not the same as a conviction and this happened after he’d already entered the tournament.

I think he’s awful but of course, I’ll be tuning into his next match to see what he gets up to. Meaning his strategy works, annoyingly.

I was referring to your minimising of the allegation It's only common assault and your gratefulness for his aggression.

We do not get to be Judge and Jury.
The second he is convicted, then yes, I agree with you. But until then, odious little brat that he is, he gets to play.

You can't change the justice system to suit who you like and don't like (unfortunately).

He hasn't been charged, he has a charge against him which he will be in court for next month, surely we still believe in innocent until proven guilty?

I think it needs to go to court first but I cannot stand the fawning from the commentators

Nakashima may as well have been absent in the last match, although he played well

I find it bad that we’re meant to give an aggressive male more attention

He is notorious for his behaviour on court and appears to be unrepentant or professes not to know why his behaviour is questioned. If that is his modus operandi, perhaps he doesn’t understand how to behave off court either. I think he behaves in a manner that intimidates, or tries to, opponents, officials and everyone else.

I would like to see him removed from the tournament now, by way of being beaten by another player. If he is charged and convicted, I’d rather not see him on a tennis court ever again. In fact, I’d rather not see him on a tennis court, or anywhere else, at all. He is everything that is unwelcome in sport.

Djokovic is a passionate anti vaxxer with links to the far right who lied repeatedly when he went to Australia. Why do you see him as morally superior to Kyrgios?

I beg your pardon?

Being 'anti-vax' is not a crime. Neither is having 'links to the far right'.

I don't follow tennis at all but from what I remember, Djokovic was very vocal that he would not be taking the treatment at all. As I remember, the court found everything was in order but a government official was able to override the judgement and deport him anyway.

I find it bad that we’re meant to give an aggressive male more attention

Yes this is the crux for me.

Ultimately he continues to behave the way he does on court because society allows it.

I'm glad some other posters were appalled by the It's only common assult post upthread.

I'd expel him from the competition for spitting at a fan.

But the assault - innocent until proven guilty.

Agree

So not surprised about him being charged with this. He seems like he’s happy until he doesn’t get his own way.

Do you also think they should have banned Alexander Zverev from last year's Wimbledon?

I'd ban anyone that brought the game into disrupte .

You can't ban someone from doing their job because of a police charge. The footballers dropped by their teams were still being paid. Tennis players don't get paid unless they play in tournaments and win prize money.

Innocent until proven guilty and so no for that reason he should not be kicked out. Some of his other behaviour however is becoming questionable.

Spitting at a fan should have had him thrown out.He is vile.

Can’t stand Kyrgios but a) he has yet to be convicted and b) if he had been convicted it wouldn’t have any bearing on his career as an individual tennis player.

Fair enough for Australia to exclude him from the Olympics or the Davis Cup, where he would represent the country, but he isn’t appearing at Wimbledon as a member of a team or a representative of a nation.

Exactly. If I was to spot at someone whilst at work, you can bet I wouldn't be able to carry on as if nothing has happened.

*spit. Pretty sure I'd be ok with spotting someonr

I didn't say they were crimes (although intentionally misleading immigration authorities is veering very close to criminal) but that they did not place him in a position of moral superiority to another tennis player.

It might not be illegal to hang out with fascists and be a poster boy for white supremacists, but it's not exactly a character reference, is it?

I don't think anyone accused of domestic violence should get bail. They should be held until their court date.

I was about to make a joke about court dates, and Wimbledon, but thought it would be in poor taste. I'll get my coat.