Tennis : Equal Pay for Unequal work?

[Q Classic]

So, they want to tennis-elbow their way to more money...?

[Lorizael]

Oh. That's bad. Are you my father?

[Q Classic]

Yes, Lorizael. I am your father. Join me and we can rule the galaxy as father and son!

[Lorizael]

Sorry, can't do it. I'm a moron and, instead of joining you now and either working against you from the inside or maybe just escaping, I'd much rather scream a lot and then fall down a big hole.

[Winston]

I believe the women at Wimbledon get 80-90% of their male counterparts, which is close enough for me.. And last I heard, nobody's forcing anyone to enter.

Besides, when people earn millions in sports and then start complaining about the pay, I tend to lose interest rather quickly.

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Sorry, can't do it. I'm a moron and, instead of joining you now and either working against you from the inside or maybe just escaping, I'd much rather scream a lot and then fall down a big hole.

Don't forget, I get to chop off your right hand first.

Kinda handy you decided to forget about that, no?

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
Don't forget, I get to chop off your right hand first.

Bah. Family tradition, just like snipping!

Kinda handy you decided to forget about that, no?

oof.

[reds4ever]

Is that the girl that played Maurisimo(sp) the other day?

[Barnabas]

[reds4ever]

She'd get it!

[Kontiki]

I always thought Martina Hingis had her moments.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Dude, I get tired just watching a five set match. It most certainly is work to play one.

Re five set matches being special... does that mean women aren't special? Huh? Huh!

How many days (years) do you work to make what the 20th best tennis player makes in one year? Ditto golf.

[Lorizael]

How is that at all different from the best football or basketball players?

[Sikander]

Actually it is the women who bring in the television audience moreso than the men, and with good reason. Firstly, many are delicious looking. Secondly their game is more interesting than the men's game. With the increase in the size and power of the rackets the men's game has largely been reduced to one or two exchanges per point. This same factor (and of course a huge increase in fitness) however has improved the women's game immensely. Long gone are the endless rallies of yesteryear, where neither woman was able to hit a winner and thus every point was a waiting game for that first unforced error. Now there is (imo) a proper balance between power and speed, just like the men's game was in the late wood racket era.

[alva]

Originally posted by Cort Haus

Different kind of grass? More grippy these days, I guess - or the soil preparation. There's a whole industry supplying customised grasses to sports venues.

Indeed, different kind of grass and slighty softer balls.