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02-22-2007, 12:51 PM
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Equal Pay at Wimbledon
I don't get this equal pay crap. If women want equal pay, then they should play an equal amount of time. Oh, that's right. The women's #1 player in the world nearly passed out in her first round match at the Austrailian in a best of 3 match.
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02-22-2007, 12:53 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
I'm guessing this is just what makes the most economic sense for the Wimbledon people.
If the pay is equal, more women will be interested, more people watching/going/interested = more $$$$$$$ Plus, it gets more media attention, which also gets them more $$$$$$. Bottom line, yo.
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02-22-2007, 12:58 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
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I'm guessing this is just what makes the most economic sense for the Wimbledon people. If the pay is equal, more women will be interested, more people watching/going/interested = more $$$$$$$ Plus, it gets more media attention, which also gets them more $$$$$$. Bottom line, yo. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe so. It probably should be in direct correlation to how much money each side makes for the tournament. Are TV ratings higher for the women?
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02-22-2007, 01:00 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
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I don't see why men don't have sex change operations so they can make mad $$$ yo. [/ QUOTE ] It's been done yo.
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02-22-2007, 01:03 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
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[ QUOTE ] I'm guessing this is just what makes the most economic sense for the Wimbledon people. If the pay is equal, more women will be interested, more people watching/going/interested = more $$$$$$$ Plus, it gets more media attention, which also gets them more $$$$$$. Bottom line, yo. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe so. It probably should be in direct correlation to how much money each side makes for the tournament. Are TV ratings higher for the women? [/ QUOTE ] No, they should do it however they make the most money overall.
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02-22-2007, 01:05 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
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Maybe so. It probably should be in direct correlation to how much money each side makes for the tournament. Are TV ratings higher for the women? [/ QUOTE ] I think in the not too distant past, yes, the TV ratings were higher for the women. I'm not sure how it is right now.
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02-22-2007, 02:38 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
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I don't get this equal pay crap. If women want equal pay, then they should play an equal amount of time. Oh, that's right. The women's #1 player in the world nearly passed out in her first round match at the Austrailian in a best of 3 match. [/ QUOTE ] I just saw this on the news too and frankly was surprised since I thought they already were getting equal prize money. In any event as far as I'm concerned Tennis is the one sport where I would think it fair if they got more than the men since, imo anyway, the women's matches are far more entertaining.
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02-22-2007, 02:44 PM
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Re: Equal Pay at Wimbledon
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I find these "equality" arguments ridiculous, especially in sport which should be a virtual meritocracy. [/ QUOTE ] Well, the meritocracy is who sells the tickets and TV time. I don't care if the men's #349 can easily defeat the women's #1, it's how much people will pay to see #1 vs #2 in each gender. If the women's matches pull in the same amount of money, they should be paid the same.
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