Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5297713)

isn't it funny that the women get criticized for grunting and making so much noise for how much effort they put in, and then they get critisized saying that they don't put in enuf effort to get paid equally, wtf.

The men have testosterone which makes them able to do more physically than women, that is a fact, that doesn't mean that women don't work as hard though! infact you could probably make the argument that they are actually working HARDER because of their physical limitations.


Serena has done just as much for the sport of tennis as rafa and roger imo. She deserves her prize money, especially after having the health scares that she had last year.

Anyone that doesn't think Serena is just as much of an elite athlete as Roger Federer has obviously never watched tennis.

And if i could go back in time and give BIllie Jean King and Martina Navratolova their fair share, i would.

Serena Williams is greater on her worst day than Andy Murray has ever been on his best day.

Originally Posted by the truth (Post 5319896)

forcing everyone to pay women twice the hourly rate of men for less work of a lower quality, then we should therefore pay the disabled champion £1.2 million too? right? equality for all

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 5320101)

Don't be ridiculous, they don't work on an hourly rate. It's a prize fund for a winning a competition. As MTVN pointed out earlier, if they were working on an hourly rate, the better players would earn less per game because they beat other players quicker and don't have to spend as much time on court.

Originally Posted by the truth (Post 5328216)

your ebeing ridiculous
the women players play less than half the time, 2 fewer sets at a much lower quality, its so much easier it allows many of the women to play mixed or double....in the case of the williams they won the doubles too, that meant another £1.2 million and still serena was on court less than federer and earnt twice as much. the women should play 5 set matches too....then we can discuss the prize mney, as it stands it discriminatory against the men

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 5328733)

It's a competition with a prize, not a 9-5 hourly paid job. Since when do prize funds get decided by hours worked? :conf:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 5328733)

It's a competition with a prize, not a 9-5 hourly paid job. Since when do prize funds get decided by hours worked? :conf:

Originally Posted by joeysteele (Post 5333934)

I take all points on board, the real answer to it, and to be fair most of the Women tennis players would agree too, is that both men and women have to play the best of 5 sets.

Tennis is unpredictable though,I recall Pete Sampras and other Mens matches being over well before some Womens matches.
Once they get to the 5th set for the Men and 3rd set for the women then both have to go on until someone wins no matter how long that takes or how many games have to be played.

The other side to the argument is that players,both Men and Women going to Wimbledon have to commit themselves for 2 weeks for the duration of the tournament,so in effect, are 'employed' for want of a better word, for the same equal time as each other,hence the equal prize money.

Originally Posted by joeysteele (Post 5333934)

I take all points on board, the real answer to it, and to be fair most of the Women tennis players would agree too, is that both men and women have to play the best of 5 sets. Tennis is unpredictable though,I recall Pete Sampras and other Mens matches being over well before some Womens matches. Once they get to the 5th set for the Men and 3rd set for the women then both have to go on until someone wins no matter how long that takes or how many games have to be played. The other side to the argument is that players,both Men and Women going to Wimbledon have to commit themselves for 2 weeks for the duration of the tournament,so in effect, are 'employed' for want of a better word, for the same equal time as each other,hence the equal prize money.

Originally Posted by skkc16 (Post 5333745)

Exactly. There is no reason why men should get paid more. At the end of the day all players work hard to be where they are and also they have flights, accommodation and coaches to pay, this is most important for the lower ranked players.