Talk:Association of Tennis Professionals/Archives/2011/December

What about Arthur Ashe

Once again, history is whitewashed. According to atpworldtour.com Arthur Ashe was "one of the founders of the ATP in 1972, served as president and had been a reasoned, intelligent spokesman for the game" This from the official ATP site. Yet no mention whatsoever of Ashe in the entire wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.114.61.34 (talk) 19:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

You are quoting from his ATP biography at http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/As/A/Arthur-R-Ashe.aspx. His Wikipedia biography Arthur Ashe says: "Concerned that tennis professionals were not receiving winnings commensurate with the sport's growing popularity, Ashe supported formation of the Association of Tennis Professionals." A more reasonable comparison to the history part of Wikipedia's ATP article is http://www.atpworldtour.com/Corporate/History.aspx ("How it all began") which does not mention Arthur Ashe. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:23, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

If the url you cite is the standard for inclusion in this wikipedia article (lower caps intended), Donald Dell should be excluded as well (he is not mentioned). In addition, Kramer and Drysdale are identified in the article as Executive Director and President, respectively -- not founders. Again the Arthur Ashe bio at the ATP SITE (a more definitive source than wikipedia as it is, after all, the organization) identifies Arthur Ashe as one of the founders. Your citation does nothing to refute this fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.114.61.34 (talk) 16:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)