Wimbledon Rulez, ofcourse with more Rules

How many times have we seen the British crowd on one side of the stadium, sitting pretty in the stands of Lords and rejoicing in a very orderly manner with no emotions but just appreciating the game of Cricket and the skill of a player no matter who they extend their support for.

On the other side, we have this half naked ugly Barmy Army showing off their uglier Beer belly with a mug of beer in their hands and cheering their heart out even when Freddie is hit for a six by a tail end Australian Batsmen. That Cricket for you.

On the contrary, the behaviourial science is strictly followed in the All England Lawn tennis and Croquet club during the tennis-holy sesaon of the year. I was reading the times of India today and was surprised to see more behaviourial rules for the spectators.

The one that caught my attention is "Do not cheer for a net chord or for a double fault". I appreciate the essence of the rule that manifests that one should not cheer for a point won by a player which he did not earn through his display of skill or which he earned by his opponent's misfortune.

I stopped reading the article and my focus of attention immediately went to the following amorphic what-ifs?

What if - the same rule is extended to all unforced errors, which also in a way follws suite of the above mentioned rule. Now, do the spectators know the game well enough to immediately categorize the point as either a winner or an unforced error and then decide to cheer or be quiet? More vague thoughts - may be a special referee, like the line umpire (i'll call him as the "Cheer decider") will be deployed who will judge the point won by a player as either a "winner" or an "unforced error" and will signal to the crowd. The crowd will eagerly wait for his decision and then burst to cheer.

What if - the Cheer decider makes a mistake? Can the chair umpire overrule? In which case, the situation becomes funny. Cheer decider says "Cheer" and the crowds start to cheer and then the chair umpire overrules. All wimbledon crowd shift from a huge uproar to pin drop silence within a fraction of a second. Imagine the other way too ;-)

What if - the player can challenge the decision like the way they challenge line calls and he is proved right that it is indeed a point won and not an unforced error. Really don't want to illustrate with an example for this scenerio.

What if - the Championship point of the Gentlemen's final of Wimbledon end up in a net chord. Will the entire crowd stay quiet and walk out of the stands. Can't imagine that:-)

What if - this rule is implemented in India and in Cricket for a Hit wicket or run out effected in the non striker's end when the batsman hits the ball and the bowler gets a finger to it and the non striker is out of crease when the ball crashes the stumps. Will the entire crowd of Eden garden's stay quiet, especially when the fielding team is India? Can't keep imagining..have to get back to work :-(

If you have more "What ifs" post as comment.

Eazy Dreamz

Dreams and ambitions are becoming easy for each one of us as days pass by. I saw the IMAX adventure documentary on a bunch of people climbing mount Everest a couple of years back. Although am not into any sort of adventures like climbing mount Everest on my own and suffer from all the cramps and pneumonia, i did wonder if i will ever see such natural wonders. Am sure my thoughts are same as someone else's too.

I read the new paper today and the headlines read ..."China is planning to make a highway to the peak of Mount Everest". Soon India will and the documentary showing all the efforts put in by the bunch of people to climb mount everest will become this century's biggest joke in near future.