WasteOfTheDay: 1977 Federal Study Rudeness on Tennis Courts

If you’ve ever exhibited rage on the tennis court, the National Endowment for the Humanities has a study for you.

In 1977, the NEH won a Golden Fleece award from Sen. William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, who gave the awards for wasteful and nonsensical spending, in this case for giving a $2,500 grant — $11,000 in 2021 dollars — to Arlington County, Virginia, to study why people are rude, cheat, and lie on the local tennis courts.  

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