# Should athletes be compelled to talk to the media?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** tennis\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-athletes-be-compelled-to-talk-to-the-media/943351 "2021-06-01T14:08:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-athletes-be-compelled-to-talk-to-the-media/943351/293 "2021-06-07T18:34:36Z")

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My, my. Compare the sympathies of certain posters have with Bad Boys vs Bad Girls

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/)

And tell me this is not misogyny writ large.

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