lemurboi wrote:
Something that people should really think about is what would happen if an employee were to handle a situation like this in their 9-5 job. Imagine walking into work and saying you won't attend company meetings because they gave you anxiety. It's likely this wouldn't go over super well. An employee would need to have internal conversations with their employer about the issues they're facing so that they can work together towards a solution. Unilaterally deciding what aspects of your job you will or won't do isn't going to fly. This being said, if the anxiety of performing a contractually obligated part of the tournament became too much, withdrawing was the right decision.
Now the conversation can shift to if it's really reasonable to deny her accommodations if she were upfront with the tournament about her concerns beforehand. Yes, media availability is likely to draw viewers, but now they're likely to lose even more viewers by her not playing. She was in a position where both she and the tournament knew that they wanted her playing and could have leveraged this knowledge towards the accommodations she needed.
I am sure there are people who do suffer from anxiety in this context.
I hate when someone always has to apply these situations to the average 9-5 work a day job. The sad part is the dignity is work just doesn't exist in many places.