TENNIS PEOPLE: NEW TIMES / NEW VISION by Javier Palenque

For the past few decades, the sport has been run very poorly. Please note I am talking about the sport, not the US Open. I care about the sport and not about the US Open because they are two different things. The USTA and its leaders conflate both in an effort to hide the state of the sport and show its real inability to grow the sport. I was in New Haven last week, lots of empty seats, Delray in February, and DC last month, even more, empty seats. If you pay close attention much of the audience is people over 55, what happened to the kids?. People reading this be the judge of the true state of the sport. I hope people realize if the audiences and participation have shrunk to such low levels. Why do we entrust the people who brought this situation to the sport, to begin with? again? Among you reading this paragraph, next time you watch a tennis event in ESPN or Tennis Channel of the US Open Series pay attention to the empty seats. Here is a shot of the Women's final last week. Plenty of empty seats in a college town (young people) SEE VIDEO This tells you that my stand is correct and proves my premise.

Don't confuse the success of US Open to the reality that the USTA has left us managing the sport. Two different things.

Notes :

1) TENNIS REALITY IN MIAMI

2) BUSINESS CASE WITH SOLUTIONS

Growing the game is the right thing to do. I am sure many of you agree with me, as I am sure many will disagree. I encourage the people from the USTA especially the young ones help turn this around. I can be reached at [email protected] or @palenquej