Thursday, March 24, 2016

Same difference?

Oh, for the days when people played sport for fun!  Simply for the pleasure of it. Those days I fear have long, long passed.  Today it's all about money.  And combine that with the recent rise in "feminism" and it makes for a potentially toxic mix.  So - tennis.  At the top level, men play over five sets, women over three. In general, the men's game pulls in more spectators than the women do - though there have been exceptions. So should men be paid more?  I think there's little doubt that at Wimbledon, the male champion has potentially to work some 66% harder for his title than his female counterpart, and yet the prize money is the same.  Is this fair?  I'm keeping my powder dry, but what do you think?

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