The strictness of coprehenssive use of drugs isn't­ much different than the alcohol prohibition. The ussage­ of heavy drugs should be enforced, though the­ recreational ones should be okayed.
Joe Netz from Isrel

AGASSI HAVE TO BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT HE DID HE HAVE TO­ PAY FOR ALL THE WRONG AND THE PAIN HE HAS COST SOME­ PLAYERS THE YEARS BACK,DON'T CONSIDER HIM AT ALL­ BECOUSE SESRNA DID NOT USE DRUGS BUT BECAUSE SHE IS­ BLACK U PEOPLE ARE SAYING SHE SHOULD BE PUNISH .
AGASSI­ SHOULD BE IN JAIL BY NOW,

Drugs are completely opposite to the meaning of the­ sport, but what makes difference is to tell the truth­ even tough it is hard as it was for Agassi. I`m­ surprised that anyone asked why he`s telling now? He`s­ setting up a pioneer example for his colleagues,­ revealing the darks side of the sport and pressure that­ sportsmen are bearing with, also showing that lying is­ useless and that you`ll want to have a clear conscience­ at the end. He could stay quiet till the end of his­ life and he would stay one of the best tennis players­ ever, worshiped by people. He had chosen to tell the­ truth. That`s the fair play and that`s what real­ sportsmen do.

British Guy: are you not exagerrating a little bit?­ Crucifiction, racism... Simply because people are less­ willing to turn their back on somebody, who has always­ been their hero, and who has done a lot for tennis­ during and after his career.

First, don't forget­ that Serena is an active player, and as such, her­ actions are always subject to criticism, while a­ retired legend is "untouchable" to some­ extent, not particularly for his own merit, but also­ because his fans are unwilling to blacken the image­ they have of him.

I think there's no reason to­ shout racism when people are only partial: and it can­ be attributed to Serena's and Agassi's­ respective personalities. Totally rejecting any kind of­ racism, I think that on the whole, Serena's­ personality makes it less easy to symphatize with­ her.

I accept, that as a sportsman, Agassi's drug­ case is more serious than anything Serena ever did.­ That said I agree with you that Serena should not be­ punished further, and it would be perfectly insane to­ ban her from Grand Slam events.
But from a purely­ human point of view, taking drugs as a result of a­ wrong decision is less blameworthy than frequent­ repulsive conduct, and more easy to forgive.

As you­ asked: What world are we building, if we let one­ failure ruin a man's life-work and character in our­ estimation? I admit I wouldn't like to see Agassi­ being dragged through the mire. The indignation at­ Serena may have been louder, but now of course more is­ at stake.

AGASSI SHOULD BE STRIPPED OF ALL HIS FALSE­ TITLES

WHICH SHOULD BE CREDITED TO THE RIGHTFULL ­ OWNERS ++++ THE PRIZE MONEY

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AGASSI IS A NON SPORTING CHEAT

HE­ STOLE MONEY & TITLES FROM HIS OPPONNENTS .. ­ .!

HAND THEM OVER CHEATER

CHEATING DRUGS ADDICT DENIED TENNIS TITLES TO­ OPPONNENTS HE PLAYED

THEY SHOULD BE AWARDED THEIR LOST­ TITLES WITH $$ WINNINGS $$

WHICH AGASSI STOLE FROM­ THEM BY HIS CHEATING-- HAND OVER NOW­ AGASSI------±±±±±±±

He should be stripped of all his titles, and given a­ long, long jail-sentence.

AGASSI CHEATED ---- AGASSI BROKE THE RULES -- ­ AGASSI DENIED OTHERS SUCCES

AGASSI MUST BE BANNED ­ --- FINED -- AND HAVE TITLES STRIPPED FROM HIS ­ RECORDS

HE CHEATED HIS OPPONNENTS WHO MUST NOW BE­ CREDITED WITH A TITLE

AGASSI MUST PAY A SUBSTANTIAL­ $$$$ PENALTY --- SEVERAL MILLIONS FOR FALSE­ WINNINGS

*** DRUGS CHEATS IN TENNIS MUST BE­ PUNISHED & PENALISED

What Agassi took was not a performance enhancing drug­ & the penalty would have been much shorter, 3­ months & not 2 years. This is not long enough to­ have ended his career.
It was obviously only over a­ very short period of time otherwise he would have­ tested positive the next time he was checked & then­ the 'took it by mistake' excuse would have been­ shown to be a lie.
The fact that he was rapidly going­ down in the rankings prove that it certainly didn't­ help his game. AND of course it shows that Brooke­ Shields was not conducive to his career as this­ happened when he was about to get married to her, or­ soon afterwards.
He must have realised his mistake­ fairly soon (which hsn't come out in the­ revelations) as not long afterwards he was working hard­ at his fitness & playing Challengers to pick up his­ ranking enough to get back into the main ATP­ t'ments.
What no-one seems to have mentioned, is­ that all this appears to be a publicity stunt which is­ probably being orchestrated by the PR people of the­ publishers. That is why we get this extract & not­ what happened to put him back on the right track..

Andre Aggasi Great tennis player and was always such a­ pleasure to watch him play. Who gives a s**t about him­ taking some minor recreational drugs? Only the s**ts­ with no life.

Agassi should be publicly stripped of all titles. Noone­ can reasonably expect to stick tjhe middle finger(as­ Agassi has)up to his tennis peers and expect to get­ away with it. It prett5y poor judgement on hia paRT,

now i understand why agasi losed his hair at young age,­ the over dose drug must have affected his hair as well,­ hopefully the hair will start to grow again after he­ receive his due punishment

i think agassi over dose of the drug, and the effect is­ not given rest since 1997 till the day he confessed it­ out, well the law should take effect on him also so­ that others will learn from that well

BRITISH GUY, DrugAssi is Persian as his father is­ Iranian, so you can't really use racism as an­ argument here.

Drug addict piece of sh'it. Why not punishing him?­ The messages now are if ''you don't get­ caught now you will be safe tomorrow'' and­ ''It is ok to take drugs. Look at­ Agassi''... The world is becoming a big­ gang-hood because these role models are nothing but­ sick liars. Andre DrugAssi should get all his Grand­ Slams withdrawn from him with interest on the money he­ received.

nonsense heading.Everybody was shouting at Serena and­ calling for her crucifixion.Now that it is a white who­ even has less slams than Serena,people are racialling­ asking for his forgiveness.How come that we want to­ condone with a cheat and crucify someone's outburst­ which was even caused by a wrong juddgement from a line­ judge?What a world are we building?To favour our race­ and crucify someone who is not of the same race like us­ even if his/her crime is of a lower level? Serena has­ already been given a maximum fine,the USTa are still­ investigating to see whether she can be stripped off of­ her single prize money and also if should would be­ banned again for at least two grand slam events.Up till­ date many are still supporting all these sanctions on­ Serena and the same people are asking for Agassi to be­ forgiven.Why all these hatred for the William­ sisters?Are they not also human?If Agassi should be­ forgiven,then drug use should be legalised in tennis.

@ AnilS: While your point that it was unfair to the­ players he beat is valid - he was using the drug in­ 1997, and he won the French in 1999 - you cannot arrive­ to any conclusions about whether he'd win the­ French, since it would have been out of his suspension­ period by quite some time.

@Katy: What Agassi has­ given you or the boys in Las Vegas is irrelevant. If he­ wanted to come clean in the first place, he could have­ done so immediately, instead of lying to the ATP - so­ not a lot of courage there, I think. You're just­ having a problem incorporating his drug use with the­ image you've got of him, and that's­ understandable.

Although I don't think the tennis association­ should punish tennis players for taking recreational­ drugs, it is only fair that Agassi is, so that all­ players are treated the same. Whether Agassi is a hero­ is irrelevant, and it angers me to think that Hingis­ was banned from tennis for taking cocaine when no­ supposed action is going to be taken against Andre.

Isn't he clever , getting all this attention for­ his book? I doubt he even took the drug and it's­ no worse than drinking or smoking.

Who is the next one­ to write a book? Marat Safin perhaps, he might say he­ had sex with Richard Gasquet in the players locker­ room. The possibilities are endless. Everybody loves­ money.