You can’t make this up USTA!……………… by Javier Palenque

Earlier this week the Orlando Sentinel published an article that I copy here for my audience, it reflects everything that I have been claiming for years, the culture of USTA is simply against the decency, morality and of course fairness for all tennis people and now even the community of Orlando. Please read it, though it is a little long, but its worth every second of your time. Please share it and realize once and for all that this needs to stop. This is no way to run a not for profit. It is simply a wild display of ineptitude and arrogance. The abuse by the label non profit is simply morally bankrupt, intellectually dishonest and quite frankly disgusting. Then to have the board of the USTA approve of this and then everyone from the CEO to the people working at Lake Nona is a shameful display of failed leadership, no moral compass, no understanding of the greater good and with this lack of intelligence and civility come shameful results, next time you see a USTA executive, you should start the conversation with: How dare you, do that to the community, the sport, the dignity of those who love tennis. Below is the definition of morally bankrupt for you to consider:

Moral bankruptcy: the state a person or organization that reaches when he /it trades away or violates too many of his /society’s core moral values and commitments. He/it may also lose…