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Tennis  > General Tennis  > Sahar Peer
February 19, 2009, 01:24 PM
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In this week's Mailbag, Jon Wertheim writes:

Regardless of how this is spun, this is deeply embarrassing for the Tour. An organization that trades on social progress, that can hardly unveil a new logo without invoking Billie Jean and "a legacy of pioneering," gave into bigotry. At a bare minimum the WTA needs to make this point unmistakably clear for the future: "We all play; or no one plays. Petrodollars or no petrodollars.



What do you think of Peer's ban? How could this situation have been better handled? Was it in her best interest? Is security truly the only concern?

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