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THE TOPIC OF equal pay for men and women in tennis reared its ugly head again this weekend at the BNP Paribas Open when Raymond Moore, the tournament CEO, said the women “ride the coattails of the men” and that they should get down on their knees and thank God for men’s players like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
The thoughts were met with swift criticism from many, including Serena Williams who blasted the comments.
However, the condemnation wasn’t universal as Novak Djokovic said the men’s tour should fight for a bigger share of the tournament purses because “stats are showing that we have much more spectators on the men’s tennis matches.”
What Moore and Djokovic are both missing is that the men are almost certainly making more money thanks to playing alongside the women. Compare the top prizes at each of the four tennis Grand Slams for the men and women to what the winners make in each of golf’s majors.
The difference is that the women in tennis play alongside the men at the Grand Slams and the networks pay for the rights to broadcast the entire tournament, both the men and the women, and all of the stars that come with that. This logically led to the prize money being distributed equally among the men and the women.
Obviously this is not the case in golf as the men and women play separate majors. As a result, broadcast rights between the men’s and women’s majors are dramatically different.
This could change though. A recent partnership between the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour opened up the possibility of the two tours playing events simultaneously in the same location.
If that were to happen, it will increase the value of the majors, which in turn will likely increase the amount of money being made, for the women and the men.
- Cork Gaines, Business Insider
Would be great for the league of Ireland if they progresed
FH looked an average loi team who got a goal against the run of play last week. We were the better team but they might have been keeping it tight.. but if they play like they did last wed and we play like we can then we will advance.. i firmly believe we will score tonight. Garts is a massive loss in the centre of defence but barrett is a good replacement… we are playing FH for €1.2m and a guaranteed 4 more games minimum in Europe.
Who’s we ?!
“We”… Are Ireland’s number one. The Black & White army.
Not doubting you. They really are Ireland’s number 1. Just asked for the craic because my uncle always mocks me when I use ‘we’ when talking about cork city lol
Massive game for Fundalk given the money at stake , great for the town and club . Really well run club these days with a super manager leading the team. Cmon da town !!
Get the name right pal. They’re fun to watch but I wouldn’t go that far
Says the plastic Irish supporter. Take down that Irish cover photo please if your not willing to support your own Irish league.
I’m supporting them no doubt.
Disappointed there isn’t a LIVE ticker thread for this game. It’s only the champions of Ireland playing in the world’s most lucrative competition. RTE not broadcasting it is a disgrace. And they claim to be supporters of domestic football. (Yes I know it’s on Eir Sport).
Dundalk playing some nice football here, they’ve been the better team so far, unlucky to be behind. Horgan & McMillan are doing very well. They’re just lacking a bit of composure in the final third.
Still nothing up about the match tonight disgraceful from the 42
And still nothing. Surely a live ticker wasn’t beyond them. They are the champions of Ireland and our only representatives in champions league. Fair dues to Eir for covering it, super game and even better performance from Dundalk.