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Two Bills 03-03-2023 11:39 AM

If you do not bring the money in, how can you pay more out?
Only governments work with that scenario.
Men's tournament generate the cash through the gate.
Although I enjoy watching ladies tournaments because of the smaller crowds.
Same with equal pay for women tennis players.
They only play three sets, men five.
In my book it's the male tennis players who are underpaid!

JP 03-03-2023 12:53 PM

When women start playing from the black tees and hit as far as men then maybe equal viewership and equal pay. Otherwise, no.

ThirdOfFive 03-03-2023 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2193808)
In my opinion, it is very fair. It's called capitalism and the free market.

Bingo.

Produce a product capable of bringing in the same money, and the pay will be commensurate. Until then...

Papa_lecki 03-03-2023 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 2193766)
LPGA WINNER $270,000 HSBC
PGA WINNER $3,600,000 BAYHILL

Come on, this is ridiculous

Tennis, soccer same for both genders

Basketball, women must supplement income going overseas at sometimes find themselves in prison.

NOT FAIR!!!!!

NBA revenue = $7.4 Billion
WNBA Revenue = $60 Million

PGA Tour Revenue = $1.6 Billion
LPGA Tour revenue = $117 Million

The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) earned more money from its male equivalent reaching the knockout stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar than it did from winning its own tournaments in 2015 and 2019.


“Basketball, women must supplement income going overseas at sometimes find themselves in prison.”
Not in prison for going overseas, in prison for having a drug that’s illegal in the country

JayK! 03-04-2023 04:52 AM

Boycott the sponsors. Send sponsors letters stating your concerns.

MSchad 03-04-2023 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JayK! (Post 2194069)
Boycott the sponsors. Send sponsors letters stating your concerns.

Really, boycott sponsors!? Then they pull out sponsoring the LPGA because return on investment drops. If you want sponsors to pay more, support them and by their product. Higher return on investment equals higher value for venue.

Clubcart 03-04-2023 05:38 AM

Bill Burr Explained it the Best
 
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Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 2193766)
LPGA WINNER $270,000 HSBC
PGA WINNER $3,600,000 BAYHILL

Come on, this is ridiculous

Tennis, soccer same for both genders

Basketball, women must supplement income going overseas at sometimes find themselves in prison.

NOT FAIR!!!!!

Because it's about the attendance and ads. Bill Barr explained it the best. Search on YouTube for "Women Sports, what men think but can’t say" and enjoy.

:popcorn:

Bill Burr explained it the best on this clip from YouTube...

https://youtu.be/I745Ajeq_B8

It's about the money...

BrianL99 03-04-2023 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JayK! (Post 2194069)
Boycott the sponsors. Send sponsors letters stating your concerns.

That will surely work.

westernrider75 03-04-2023 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2193817)
You're right, it is ridiculous. I can't believe the LPGA can afford to pay the winner of the HSBC more than $100,000.

Women don't support women's sports and men don't care to watch an inferior product.

Same reason that "Gentlemen's Clubs" out number "Lady's Clubs" by about 10,000:1.

As soon as some woman can compete at golf with Tiger Woods or even John Rahm, things will change ... maybe.

WOW that might be the most sexist comment I’ve ever seen on here! “ Women don’t support women’s sports and men don’t care to watch an inferior product”!!!!!!

The women in your life must be so proud.

DFSchneider 03-04-2023 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 2193766)
LPGA WINNER $270,000 HSBC
PGA WINNER $3,600,000 BAYHILL

Come on, this is ridiculous

Tennis, soccer same for both genders

Basketball, women must supplement income going overseas at sometimes find themselves in prison.

NOT FAIR!!!!!

Who said life is fair? There is the fairness where everything is equal. So everyone pays the same price for a theater ticket, whether a child, an adult or a senior citizen. No one has more than another. Everyone eats or no one does, for example. Logically, then, an infant and an adolescent will receive the same amount of food. It doesn’t matter that one needs more than the other. Fairness is finding the average and applying it across the board. This is fairness as equality of outcome.

ChrisTinaBruce 03-04-2023 06:24 AM

Where’s the “equitable” crocodile tears for the male adult entertainers?

BrianL99 03-04-2023 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2193817)
You're right, it is ridiculous. I can't believe the LPGA can afford to pay the winner of the HSBC more than $100,000.

Women don't support women's sports and men don't care to watch an inferior product.

Same reason that "Gentlemen's Clubs" out number "Lady's Clubs" by about 10,000:1.

As soon as some woman can compete at golf with Tiger Woods or even John Rahm, things will change ... maybe.


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Originally Posted by westernrider75 (Post 2194085)
WOW that might be the most sexist comment I’ve ever seen on here! “ Women don’t support women’s sports and men don’t care to watch an inferior product”!!!!!!

The women in your life must be so proud.

Real women aren't offended by the truth.

Sports will continue to be sexist, until women stop demanding separate platforms to display their inferior skills.

Rwirish 03-04-2023 06:38 AM

Unfair, how? Unfortunately women’s golf does not have the same level of support from fans, sponsors, advertisers etc. Until it does, it isn’t going to change.

oneclickplus 03-04-2023 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 2193766)
LPGA WINNER $270,000 HSBC
PGA WINNER $3,600,000 BAYHILL

Come on, this is ridiculous

Tennis, soccer same for both genders

Basketball, women must supplement income going overseas at sometimes find themselves in prison.

NOT FAIR!!!!!

This isn't a social program or a constitutional right ... this is a business. And women going overseas for any reason are imprisoned for carrying illegal drugs ... the same result as anyone else regardless of sex of occupation. They don't go to prison for playing sports.

Less people (and therefore less $$) are interested in women's sports. That's a fact. And, if there is less money from sponsors and others, the prize pool is smaller.

Bill Gates and I were in the same profession ... software development. Why is he a billionaire and I'm not? Who do I complain to in order to level the playing field (pun intended)?

gmdds 03-04-2023 07:15 AM

Correct about womens tennis getting paid more…based on amount of work!
 
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2193854)
Same thing with the WNBA. If it weren't for massive subsidies from the NBA, the WNBA wouldn't exist. I'd wager that most women couldn't name their local WNBA team, let alone ever attend a game...

Once women's tennis started bringing in the revenue, they started receiving the same prize money (for less work, btw, since they only play 3 sets vs 5 sets for the men in the major tournaments...)

I wonder why Billie Jean King hasn’t said anything about womens tennis actually being paid the same, for less work, 3 sets vs. 5 sets. I’ve always thought highly of her…until she stands by, says nothing, and is actually proud of it. Come Billie Jean, do you want true equity or not…seems pretty hypocritical. And heaven forbid any of the announcers or others former stars say anything.


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