Ken Gargett Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 anyone actually believe that this was a typo? if so, best ever! Tennis Australia release says Bernard Tomic will play at 'Hall of Shame Tennis Championships' Date July 13, 2015 - 12:37PM Tom Decent Journalist A Tennis Australia email said Bernard Tomic was to play at the "Hall of Shame Tennis Championships". Photo: Joe Armao Tennis Australia's feud with Bernard Tomic might have been reignited after the organisation sent out a press release that said Tomic was due to play an upcoming match at the "Hall of Shame Tennis Championships". The release was sent just after 10am on Monday. The correct name of the tournament is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Feud: Bernard Tomic was axed from the Davis Cup team after criticising Tennis Australia. Photo: Reuters Tennis Australia was quick to apologise and hit back at suggestions the upcoming fixtures list was a snide swipe at Tomic, who only nine days ago took aim at Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley and president Stephen Healy as well as TA's director of performance Pat Rafter. Advertisement "Tennis Australia sincerely apologises for the typo in the daily results service today," a statement released on its website read. "This has now been corrected and we wish both Bernard Tomic and JP Smith all the best in the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport [in the US]. "This unfortunate error has been widely circulated on social media and there is some discussion as to how such a mistake could occur. "We have a very upset staff member who made a simple clerical error." Tennis Australia has tried to justify the error by saying the fixture above in the email contained a lot of "sh" words, referring to the $10,000 Sharm El Sheikh event in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. After the original email at 10.26am, a follow-up email with the same details was sent out 15 minutes later, with the list of updated fixtures reading: "Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Newport, USA (Grass). R32 [3] [WC] Bernard Tomic (Qld) v John-Patrick Smith (Qld)." Given the already strained relationship between Tennis Australia and Tomic, the "typo" could not have come at a worse time as the 22-year-old takes to the court on the other side of the world instead of alongside his Australian teammates in Darwin for their Davis Cup quarter-final against Kazakhstan on Friday. Tomic was axed from Australia's Davis Cup team for a verbal tirade, following his third-round loss at Wimbledon to Novak Djokovic - an outburst described by Tennis Australia as "disparaging and disrespectful". "Pat [Rafter] is a nice guy," Tomic said during his Wimbledon post-match press conference. "If the Australian public don't know Pat, he's a good actor, he's well‑spoken, always prepared and knows what to say. "There has been [a] lack of support towards me. There has been no respect, I think, towards me. It's been difficult, you know, been good player the last three, four years coming up, and, you know, people expecting a lot from you. All of a sudden, things started changing after I had that surgery." It comes a day after Tennis Australia kept quiet about a tweet from Nick Kyrgios - which was later deleted - defending his close friend Tomic after Rafter told News Corp he wanted to instil a culture among young tennis players that eradicated any sense of entitlement. "Another negative comment out of Rafters mouth," Kyrgios tweeted on Sunday. "Does this guy ever stop #everyoneisaworkinprogress."While Tennis Australia claim the "Hall of Shame" line was a typo, those on social media who had seen a screengrab of the original release were quick to make fun of the organisation and suggest there was more to it than an error on the keyboard. Tennis Australia has been contacted for further comment.
Coolio Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Classic. I've messaged my mate on the inside at TA to see if he's responsible! And the funny thing is Ken, I'll be at this very tournament on Friday. I hope John Tomic isn't there and isn't a member of this forum, because if he is, I can see another head-butt coming!
JohnS Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Wow...that's simply 'gold' as they say. Can Tomic sue for libel, Ken? Generally speaking, four criteria must be met for a slander or libel suit to stand a chance of success. The defamation, whether written or spoken, must be: Demonstrably and objectively false Seen or heard by a public third party Quantifiably injurious Unprivileged by law Defamation Must Be Objectively FalseIt is not against the law to say mean things about somebody if they are either true or if they are entirely subjective. Source: Law Dictionary: When to Sue for Defamation, Slander, and Libel
Coolio Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 JP Smith is just happy for the limelight! A QLD battler gets his name in lights. I hope he kicks Tomic's arse. Unlikely as that is.
Ken Gargett Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 Wow...that's simply 'gold' as they say. Can Tomic sue for libel, Ken? Generally speaking, four criteria must be met for a slander or libel suit to stand a chance of success. The defamation, whether written or spoken, must be: Demonstrably and objectively false Seen or heard by a public third party Quantifiably injurious Unprivileged by law Defamation Must Be Objectively FalseIt is not against the law to say mean things about somebody if they are either true or if they are entirely subjective. Source: Law Dictionary: When to Sue for Defamation, Slander, and Libel long time since i was at law school and i know things changed but that sounds like you might have an american version? but it is all reasonably similar. in qld, in the past, a defence was truth and public benefit. now i think we have uniform legislation across australia - for a decade? now the defence is substantially true. but it is much more complex than that of course - how else would lawyers feed themselves?
Ken Gargett Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 Wow...that's simply 'gold' as they say. Can Tomic sue for libel, Ken? Generally speaking, four criteria must be met for a slander or libel suit to stand a chance of success. The defamation, whether written or spoken, must be: Demonstrably and objectively false Seen or heard by a public third party Quantifiably injurious Unprivileged by law Defamation Must Be Objectively FalseIt is not against the law to say mean things about somebody if they are either true or if they are entirely subjective. Source: Law Dictionary: When to Sue for Defamation, Slander, and Libel just one small point - and you can see why lawyers do find all sorts of things about which they can argue - your second point. in australia, my understanding is that it is slightly different. seen or heard, yes, but it cannot come from the defamed party. so if i were to PM you with a defamatory message about you, tough. unless i published it elsewhere, nothing can be done. if you were to get on the forum and say, look what this bastard just said to me, you could not sue, no matter how many then saw it.
JohnS Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Yes, it is the American version. Suing for libel sounds like it takes quite a bit of work to prove in our justice system.
Coolio Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 And it's on......! John Tomic has now entered the fray. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/tennis/tomic-family-threatens-to-sue-tennis-australia-over-hall-of-shame-email-20150713-gibc7f.html
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