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Oh, sure, it is from my era. But, you have to admit:
"The WTA Finals. Live, from Guadalajara. Presented by BIMBO".
The jokes don't come out because they are crashing into each other at the gate. At least for me.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:40 pm Oh, sure, it is from my era. But, you have to admit:
"The WTA Finals. Live, from Guadalajara. Presented by BIMBO".
The jokes don't come out because they are crashing into each other at the gate. At least for me.
I guess "presented by BIMBO sweet cakes" isn't an improvement.
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Dickies Arena? BIMBO?
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ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:06 pm Dickies Arena? BIMBO?
Don't get me started...
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One gimmick replacing another?
Seems like it...

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For anyone not aware, the arena is named for a local manufacturing company.

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Why is the WTA even considering Texas where women are valued a bit less than cattle feed?
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Because they have had no issues holding events in China in the past, where women are also treated like second class citizens, and even Doha, in a country where women are also valued solely by their reproductive capacities.
It always puzzled me, too.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:55 pm Because they have had no issues holding events in China in the past, where women are also treated like second class citizens, and even Doha, in a country where women are also valued solely by their reproductive capacities.
It always puzzled me, too.
The WTA whispered in a press release that the finals are returning to Shenzhen next year
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meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:44 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:55 pm Because they have had no issues holding events in China in the past, where women are also treated like second class citizens, and even Doha, in a country where women are also valued solely by their reproductive capacities.
It always puzzled me, too.
The WTA whispered in a press release that the finals are returning to Shenzhen next year
They signed a ten year contract didn't they?
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That's only if China is done with locking down at last.
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Money will talk.
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It will, but didn't happen for ATP this year. That's what I'm referring to.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:20 pm Money will talk.
And yet hush money is just as powerful.
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