Simone Biles withdraws from team final competition due to mental issues

[invincible1914]

Question


Are the room & board, cost of travel, and necessary equipment for Olympic competition all paid for or does it come out of the athlete’s pockets?

I would assume that's all paid for, but they did have them sleeping on cardboard beds.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

She let her team down?

so you would rather her go out there and screw up so bad they get no medal?

 

[The Fade]

Some of y’all need to stop repeating “participation trophy” bullshyt


They ranked us individually every semester in school.

that’s not why she quit

 

[Negro Caesar]

Yes because she performed awful today. If I was the coach I would have benched her today.
Try another day sis, you don’t gotta kill yourself. Next man up.

I don’t get that bruh. Not mentally strong enough for ur team but can be strong enough for urself?

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

The budget was already allocated for the film, so where was the money to pay her going to come from?

You can totally ask for favors as people in Hollywood do them all the time. Thing is, people remember those favors when directors and executives talk about new projects they're working on and people who would be good for the roles.

She was totally within her right to say no to what was asked, but that doesn't mean that they were going to forget her taking down the favor the next go around. That's how the game of Hollywood works and the politics behind it.

not sure what's funny, if there's no money then she can't/won't do it

You talmbowt how hollywood should work but I just posted how hollywood is

Spoiler: side note

Hollywood assistants are in open revolt. Here’s why

Being an assistant in Hollywood has long ranked among the most thankless jobs in the industry. Subjected to grueling hours, low pay, few benefits or protections and the vagaries of monomaniacal bosses, assistants have largely toiled in silence because it’s been considered a golden ticket to advancement — but no longer.

Now, emboldened by the #MeToo movement and new labor laws protecting gig workers, and galvanized by social media, they are in open revolt, taking the industry to task over its questionable labor practices. More than making noise, they are agitating for serious change during a period of digital upheaval and cost-cutting.

The plight of Hollywood assistants gained currency last month after “Chernobyl” screenwriter Craig Mazin and John August, writer of “Aladdin,” devoted a portion of their podcast, “Scriptnotes,” to the subject. The screenwriters, former assistants themselves, were deluged with stories after they asked assistants to write to them about their own experiences. Across the board, writers assistants, production assistants, agency assistants, studio assistants and temps told of operating within an immutable system that enabled financial inequity — viewing it as part of the job.

Hollywood assistants are in open revolt. Here's why

She's a vet that didn't fall for the BS, that would/should be praised if it was somebody else

 

[Negro Caesar]

so you would rather her go out there and screw up so bad they get no medal?

Yes. U can’t quit and get cheered on for it. Fail like every other person who doesn’t win gold. Don’t quit

 

[Sterling Archer]

Yeah because Gabby slut shamed them for being sexually assaulted by that creepy doctor. fukk Gabby for that.

nikkas just be saying whatever and have no clue what they be talking about.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

not sure what's funny, it there's no money then she can't/won't do it

You talmbowt how hollywood should work but I just posted how hollywood is

Spoiler: side note

Hollywood assistants are in open revolt. Here's why

She's a vet that didn't fall for the BS, that would/should be praised if other talents

Monique is an actor and not a Hollywood Assistant, so that claim holds no weight

More notable actors/actresses out here don't even have that type of leverage, yet you seem to think that Monique does

Actors and actresses take gambles all the time with doing indie films at lower pay grades if it helps them get noticed and use as leverage for a bigger payday down the road or more notable films in general.

 

[Sad Bunny]

so you would rather her go out there and screw up so bad they get no medal?

I asked a question. I didn’t say she did. I’ve been busy today. Haven’t really read much on the story.

 

[Ziggiy]

I would assume that's all paid for, but they did have them sleeping on cardboard beds.

That was proved to be a hoax

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

so you would rather her go out there and screw up so bad they get no medal?

Would you keep that same consistency if Lebron or another athlete had that same mindset?

 

[Leao2005]

Yes. U can’t quit and get cheered on for it. Fail like every other person who doesn’t win gold. Don’t quit

I agree with this tho

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

Monique is an actor and not a Hollywood Assistant, so that claim holds no weight

More notable actors/actresses out here don't even have that type of leverage, yet you seem to think that Monique does

Actors and actresses take gambles all the time with doing indie films at lower pay grades if it helps them get noticed and use as leverage for a bigger payday down the road or more notable films in general.

cmon, when did I say she was a hollywood assistant?
again with the leverage talk and what others are doing...if it ain't in her contract, then it's a favor/promises to accept or not, what's the problem? you dislike a person so much that common sense behavior is problematic?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

cmon, when did I say she was a hollywood assistant?
again with the leverage talk and what others are doing...if it ain't in her contract, then it's a favor/promises to accept or not, what's the problem? you dislike a person so much that common sense behavior is problematic?

I literally said in my comment that she didn’t have to accept the favor that was asked of them

Just don’t act surprised when movie directors and producers remember those favors not being done when they talk amongst each other. You’re literally making more of what I said.

 

[feelosofer]

Now that I have a little more clarity on the situation, I am going to keep the same energy I have for these basketball and football players and say that sports are entertainment and Simone owes us no explanation or anything else for that matter. Same Naomi Osaka and any other athlete, I would love to see her perform but she has the right to protect her physical mental and emotional well being.