Tennis champ Serena Williams is under an International Tennis Federation investigation and faces a ban of up to two grand slams under the sporting body's code of conduct.
Williams was fined the maximum of US $10,500 by authorities at the US Open 2009 semi-final after twice breaching the code-of-conduct regulations in a clash with eventual champion Kim Clijsters, of Belgium.
Enraged by a foot-fault call, Williams threatened the baseline judge with a profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade: "You don't &^%*$# know me. You better be &^%*$# right. I swear to God I'm going to take this &^%*$# ball and shove it down your throat," she roared.
Is the ITF justified in its investigation of Serena Williams's conduct? Or is it far too harsh in a generation where almost every person sports a serpent's tongue?
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