Agassi won't be Punished for Drug Use by ATP

Andre Agassi will not be punished by the ATP tour for lying about his drug use after all. ATP Chairman Adam Helfant said that he had a "very frank conversation" with Agassi after the book came out, but that the ATP will not be imposing anything against him because he doesn't play in the tour anymore.

Some of the top stars including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal criticized Agassi because of tainting the good reputation of tennis with his confession. Retiring player, Marat Safin, called Agassi's decision to include the incident in the book "absolutely stupid".

I suppose these players are more concerned about the impact of Agassi's confession to tennis, than what really happened. Regardless of Andre Agassi's motive behind the confession, I as a tennis fan doesn't care much about Agassi's drug use because:

• it had no impact on his performance
• he came out clean at the risk of tarnishing his legacy

Not everyone has the courage to do that.