Two cases of unsportsmanlike conduct which just leave my face in my hands this morning:
First, the United States Tennis Association was forced to apologize to Germany. Before the Federation Cup matches, the USTA had someone sing their national anthem...
According to Deadspin, however, there was a major problem. Instead of "Deutschlandlied" (and, according to Wikipedia, usually only the third stanza thereof, someone thought it would be a good idea to do the first verse, "Deutschland Uber Alles", the anthem of NAZI GERMANY!!!
The German captain considered ripping the microphone out of the singer's hands - and she damn well should've. That was a fucking joke and a disgrace for a country (US!!!) who's racking them up at record rates the last three months.
On a far less important level, and speaking of disgraces:
When are gaming companies going to learn that most American gamers are pretty much pieces of shit, especially the more competitive you get?
The Madden Bowl champion from this year (the beginning of a far more organized e-sports effort on EA's part for Madden and FIFA, announced at last year's E3) has been stripped of some of his series points and fined $3,000 of his $75,000 champion's prize for inappropriate tweets for a now-public figure of EA and Madden. (Kotaku)
Chris McFarland has a reputation for this shit, apparently, making his smarmy ass pictured with two models and a championship belt all the more disgusting. He was warned to lay off during the competition, and was fined and docked when he decided not to.
McFarland believes this will kill his real social media persona, but probably being threatened with being banned from the series will force the issue. He has a long reputation for hate speech and other inappropriate conduct.
One has to wonder when these gaming companies are going to understand this degree of hate is endemic to American gaming?
*facepalm*
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