Beating A Dead Horse

Okay, okay I don't intend to use this forum to talk about things that have been discussed ad nauseam in other venues. However I want to pose this question to those who are reading my random thoughts...Did you know Serena Williams won the Australian Open? This win gives Serena an undeniable place in history but for some reason the only sporting news we can get is that of the bong hit seen around the world. Venus and Serena have changed women's tennis forever, but Anna Kournikova still has more Sports Illustrated covers than either of them. Strange no? Why haven't we seen Venus or Serena in a Canon commercial? Isn't that the tennis equivalent of "I'm going to Disneyworld" at the Superbowl? Okay I'm offering more questions than answers but that's the reason I share my random thoughts. There are folks in my world who are much smarter than I am who only offer indulgent smiles when I ask these questions. This time I'd like an answer. Are ESPN and Sports Illustrated mad at the sisters because they wouldn't go along with the narrative they tried to create around them? Are TPTB in sports pissed that they couldn't ghetto-ize them as they mourned the death of their sister?

So a bong hit turns the national discussion to why marijuana should be legal--uh huh whatever. I want to know why sponsors aren't tripping over themselves to sign the most talented female athletes of our time.
Just sayin...