| 1> | | | | He’s the greatest tennis player of all time and |
| I was scanning through my radio presets the other | | | | arguably the greatest ambassador the sport has, |
| day when I stopped on a sports talk radio program | | | | he’s earned whatever he wants to do. |
| talking about Roger Federer, the number one ranked | | | | The talk show hosts were pretty much intimating |
| tennis player in the entire world. To my surprise, | | | | that he should be dating supermodels and not |
| though, instead of talking about his impressive 2009 | | | | worrying about changing diapers (Federer just had |
| season where he won two grand slam titles and | | | | twins). Wouldn’t it be more distracting for a |
| made it to the finals of the two other ones, they | | | | famous athlete to date and then have to deal with |
| were instead talking about his personal life, namely | | | | breakups? One of the things that make’s |
| the fact that instead of being a single bachelor he | | | | Federer so great is that he always seems so |
| decided to get married last year. They were actually | | | | focused on the court. Doesn’t having a stable |
| making fun of him for settling down, wearing one of | | | | relationship help him on that? While dating a string of |
| those men’s wedding bands, and having kids | | | | models is nice for some people, if you find someone |
| instead of pulling a Joe Namath and playing the field | | | | who makes you happy why not settle down? This |
| for a one night stand. | | | | guy makes tens of million dollars a year, I’m |
| Is this what it’s come to? Why are we | | | | sure he’s not worried about status. |
| mocking our athletes (and movie stars and music | | | | But anyway, why is this our business? Don’t |
| stars, etc.) for getting married while they are still | | | | we complain about celebrities who change beaus and |
| famous? It’s not like Federer married some | | | | often as they change clothes? So why are we |
| random chick he met at a famous nightclub. He | | | | mocking a guy for doing the exact opposite? |
| married his business manager who he had been | | | | Shouldn’t he be a role model? Hey, |
| dating for five years. How come Beyonce can sing a | | | | here’s a guy who does the right thing on the |
| hit song about a women wanting a wedding ring | | | | court and off it. Not that getting married is |
| from his boyfriend as a feminist anthem (I | | | | necessarily the wrong or right thing, but someone |
| won’t even get into that), but a famous male | | | | shouldn’t be looked down at for doing that in |
| athlete get’s chastised for settling down? | | | | his mid twenties. |