Rules are rules

All-time tennis great Andre Agassi is making headlines this week with his book, which has shocking revelations of his drug use and tanking matches during his playing days. Agassi admitted testing positive for crystal meth while on tour and said he told the tour officials he drank out of someone else's glass or something like that. He asked them to keep the positive test quiet and they did.
A tennis story that didn't make headlines this week: Belgium tennis star and top 15 ranked Yanina Wickmeyer was banned for a year. Wickmeyer, who advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open and is one of the up-and-coming stars on the women's side, did not test positive for any banned substance. Her crime was failing to report her whereabouts on three separate days during the year.
Apparently, the top tennis players have to tell drug testing officials where they are each day just in case they want to give them a pop drug test. Wickmeyer did this for 362 days but, because she didn't for three days, she's punished the same as if she's flunked a drug test.
Wickmeyer has excuses for the three days and has appealed the ruling. But, wow, talk about a double standard, huh?
Agassi tests positive for crystal meth and sweet talks his way out of it. This girl can't get the benefit of the doubt for being out-of-pocket for three days out of the year.
The thing is, I really don't have a problem with Wickmeyer's punishment. She's a professional tennis player and that's one of the rules she has to follow. She knew the rules yet didn't report her whereabouts those three days. Rules are rules - see ya in a year.
My problem is how some players with big names can get away with murder and others go to jail for jay walking. Something doesn't smell right with tennis right now.