Carey Roberts: Equal Pay for Equal Work at Wimbledon?

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2007-07-05 18:29

Essay here. Excerpt:

'So aficionados who wanted to see the quarter finals at Wimbledon ponied up $3,590 to see the men, compared to only $1,590 to see the women. Even at twice the price, the men's tickets sold out sooner.

Sports columnist Alan Mascarenhas has concluded that by almost all criteria, "women's tennis is an inferior product." So if the ladies are bringing in far less revenue but taking home just as much money as the guys, where is their money coming from?

You guessed it -- out of the men's pockets.

So next time you see Hillary climb on to her equal-pay-for-equal-work soapbox, let's ask her this question: "Does three equal five?"'

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No matter how busy I am, I always try to make at least one comment a day on the board (I have been busy upgrading and fixing my computers lately).

Today's comment: Hitlery is an inferior product, so at least she is "equal" to a woman tennis player :->

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Fri, 2007-07-06 05:18

I'll laugh when the first top male tennis player decides to skip Wimbleton or the French Open to concentrate on other tournaments...

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Submitted by canaryguy on Fri, 2007-07-06 05:39

Then they will deserve equal pay, and that will never happen. If I want to watch inferior tennis i'll watch boys high school tennis for free, which is on par with pro female tennis.

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Submitted by GreatMRNI on Thu, 2007-07-12 02:05