ntotheed t1_j5g6241 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Reply to comment by Level99Cooking in After a frustrating Australian Open exit, Coco Gauff looks to the future. by PrincessBananas85

I also wish the media would stop covering the young, up and coming players with so much fervor. I know it's super exciting to cover the next "insert legend's name" but let Coco or whoever just be themself and play their game. It adds too much pressure and then narratives are pushed.

luckyscars t1_j5ge0k3 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 8:45 PM

It’s not really possible though.

Players benefit from publicity. The issue is always how much publicity. This is an impossible thing to regulate.

If Magazine A is “allowed” to write a story about the next bit thing, and if that story proves to have commercial interest, of course Magazine B wants to write it. It’s a case of 100 small bites eating the whole apple.

ntotheed t1_j5hqyrb wrote on January 23, 2023 at 2:11 AM

Agreed, it's impossible to regulate because there is inevitably going to be a good amount of people very interested in reading about the next big thing.

APEHASKILLEDAPE t1_j5htgvx wrote on January 23, 2023 at 2:29 AM

This, this turned me off to coco three years ago when they couldn’t stop fawning over her and telling us she IS a future champion. Nothing to do with coco herself but I’ve been around long enough to see all these future American stars never win at the highest level.

rogeeeefan t1_j5jiyh4 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:33 PM

Sloane Stevens won a major, Sofia Kenin won a major. That is the highest level. Jessica Pegula is knocking on the door& CoCo made it to the final of French open last year.

SysAdmyn t1_j5i2zam wrote on January 23, 2023 at 3:39 AM

I couldn't possibly agree with you more. I don't follow tennis at all, but this has been happening in the NFL especially (you could say it's always been like this l, but the point stands).

Take Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes for example. Both seemingly very likeable people who have the ability to play at the highest level in their field. I also don't have a team that's a rival with them, so I'm not biased to hate them lol

However I dread watching them nowadays because the announcers won't stop hyping them up and talking about how "Any play could be the greatest play ever with guys like this!" and "Oh man, everything they do is so unprecedented! They make it look so easy, so it'll only get better!" until you eventually find yourself rooting for them to fail. The announcers deify them until they're completely unrelatable and unfun to watch, so you cheer for whoever they're against just to feel like the outcome isn't predetermined.