Wimbledon ditches tradition: Women to get paid same as men

mca47 · 2007-02-23 01:06:33

Ok, I'm all for equal rights but this is bullshit. First of all the women in tennis literally play 3/5 of what men do. If this was any other job, you would NOT get paid the same. Women tennis players, for those that aren't familiar with tennis, play three sets whereas men play 5. If women want to play 5 then I'm all for…

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ryan198 Posts: 1,015

February 2007

mca47 wrote:

:eek:
Are you being serious?

what was so wrong with my suggestion to illicit your response? I mean for years women have worked millions of unpaid hours as housewives, etc. so why would it be such a bad thing to overpay women for work that they are doing in a sport? It was just a thought anyway....

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