[rinkydinkpanther]

serena williams was paid twice the hourly rate of male champion federer to win wimbledon , she was on court less than 10 hrs to win £1.2 million ....he was on court over 20 hours, so over double the time for the same money (her hoursly rate was 2.5 times more than his) so little time did she spend on court she entered the double and won another £1.2 milliion.... and she still was on court less than federer

women should play 5 sets at the major tournaments...and still they should be paid less as the quality is so much lower....also if we go by the argument every champion gets paid the same, which is communism, then the disabled champ should get paid the same

in fact all sports champions, women, men, disabled should all get paid the same prize money, regardless of audiences, quality, sponsorships etc

one should only get paid the same for the same quality and exact same quanity of work, womens tennis is lower in both and that is not sexist its a scientific fact

as it stands the male players are being underpaid and discriminated against, that is also a scientific fact

[lostalex]

i think the men's champion and the women's champion should have to face eachother as the final match of wimbeldon. Everyone wants to see Serena Vs. Roger!!!

[fruit_cake]

I don't think they should get paid at all

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

I don't think they should get paid at all

i agree, they should do it for the glory.

That's why i do everything in my life, for the glory.

i don't have any glory yet though

[fruit_cake]

they should just cancel sport tbh

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

they should just cancel sport tbh

Bye Bye Big Brother then.

[fruit_cake]

why's that Mock?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

why's that Mock?

Because it's a Sport, if you ban Sports then your banning all competitions on TV like Big Brother, The X Factor etc.

[MTVN]

Am I the only one who doesn't really understand what the OP's going on about, why would tennis players get paid hourly

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Am I the only one who doesn't really understand what the OP's going on about, why would tennis players get paid hourly

HE or she (i'm guessing it's a HE because this poster is known for his posts against women and gay men) is talking about the recent controversy when one of the male players said that women's champions should not be making as much as the men.

As it stands now, there is a rule that all championships must pay the women champions the same cash prizes as the male champions.

I'd really like to ask Rinkydonk how he thinks the men are underpaid though, last time i checked they are doing just fine. You don't seem to be bothered at all by how much they are payed, i think you are just bothered that the women make equal pay. You don't care how much they make you just want them to be paid more than women, right?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by lostalex

HE or she (i'm guessing it's a HE because this poster is known for his posts against women and gay men) is talking about the recent controversy when one of the male players said that women's champions should not be making as much as the men.

As it stands now, there is a rule that all championships must pay the women champions the same cash prizes as the male champions.

I'd really like to ask Rinkydonk how he thinks the men are underpaid though, last time i checked they are doing just fine. You don't seem to be bothered at all by how much they are payed, i think you are just bothered that the women make equal pay. You don't care how much they make you just want them to be paid more than women, right?

That's what it sounds like to me Lostalex.

[Marc]

Matt, men and women get the same prize money at Wimbledon. OP is basically saying Serena won the same amount as Roger Federer and she was on court for a shorter duration than Roger was. Hence stating out that Roger worked longer for the same amount of money as Serena.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

Because it's a Sport, if you ban Sports then your banning all competitions on TV like Big Brother, The X Factor etc.

I think you need to look up the meaning of sport again

[Locke.]

Always thought the men did get paid more. I enjoy the womens game more but the men should get paid more considering they play 5 sets and the women play 3.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I think you need to look up the meaning of sport again

Sport is competitions, why do you reckon stuff like Chess are counted as Sports?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Locke.

Always thought the men did get paid more. I enjoy the womens game more but the men should get paid more considering they play 5 sets and the women play 3.

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.

[Marc]

The grunting doesn't come into in IMO, it's unnecessary. In fact when the new sound barometer then I'm sure you'll see a massive decline in the grunts and screams of Sharapova/Vika/Serena/Kirilenko and it won't affect their play.

They can play well without doing it, and they've shown that in some of the points they've played on court

I seriously hate the grunting if you didn't notice

Anyway long story short.. grunt does not necesssarily = effort.

[Locke.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

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.

You are wrong.

The men play longer matches, they deserve a bigger pay.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Marc

Matt, men and women get the same prize money at Wimbledon. OP is basically saying Serena won the same amount as Roger Federer and she was on court for a shorter duration than Roger was. Hence stating out that Roger worked longer for the same amount of money as Serena.

Yeah but it seems dumb to measure it hourly because that'd be like saying you should get paid less for beating someone in straight sets instead of 5 sets, seeing as you're out there for a shorter time

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Yeah but it seems dumb to measure it hourly because that'd be like saying you should get paid less for beating someone in straight sets instead of 5 sets, seeing as you're out there for a shorter time

lmao, yeah exactly. It's a competition with a prize fund not an hourly paid job............get a grip

[Marc]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Yeah but it seems dumb to measure it hourly because that'd be like saying you should get paid less for beating someone in straight sets instead of 5 sets, seeing as you're out there for a shorter time

Exactly, and really good players would be thinking.. I'll just let them have this set, let it drag out another 2 hours. More money

[fruit_cake]

I wish they'd just play one set, it's soo boring (sorry Tennis fans, but it is!)

[Locke.]

Don't be silly.

5 sets is too long sometimes, but 3 is just right.

[Marc]

haha you don't have to watch it if its boring you

[the truth]

Originally Posted by lostalex

HE or she (i'm guessing it's a HE because this poster is known for his posts against women and gay men) is talking about the recent controversy when one of the male players said that women's champions should not be making as much as the men.

As it stands now, there is a rule that all championships must pay the women champions the same cash prizes as the male champions.

I'd really like to ask Rinkydonk how he thinks the men are underpaid though, last time i checked they are doing just fine. You don't seem to be bothered at all by how much they are payed, i think you are just bothered that the women make equal pay. You don't care how much they make you just want them to be paid more than women, right?

thanks for the lies

its simple. men play 5 sets women only play 3 sets
men play twice as long as women and are therefore paid less than half the hourly rate as the women. if you really believe in equality then the first thing we need to do is get men and women to play the same amount of sets.