Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"I have no idea whether there is a disparity between the popularity of men's and women's tennis matches.
If men are the ones who bring in the most money then they should be paid more. Revenue brought in is far more important than match length IMO. '"
fair enough, but a different question, though. And not applicable to Wimbledon, which pretty much sells out, without knowing who you might be watching.
Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"Just had a quick check, and part of the reason that Wimbledon changed to pay parity was that they were bringing them in line with all the other open tournaments. So it's not only Wimbledon that came to the decision, but the rest of the world had already decided that. '"
I know Wimbledon's reasons, it's just i fundamentally disagree with them, as the disparity is unfair on the men.
Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"But how do you decide whether the prize money should be split 75/25 or 60/40? '"
I don't I split it 50/50, but on the basis men and women play same length mathces.
Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"And if the men are happy with 5, the women happy with 3, what difference does it make to you?'"
Silly. As in anything else in life, there is a rainbow of varying viewpoints. Second, why does it need to personally make a difference to me? As, obviously, it makes absolutely no personal difference to me, then I can offer my opinion on a completely unbiased basis. What I am in favour of is the sexes being treated equally, and here they are not. Are you saying I'm not entitled to a view, because I don't play on the tour?
Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"All the tennis tournaments offer equal prize money. '"
No, they actually don't.
Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"All the tennis tournaments have best of 3 sets for women and best of 5 for men. '"
Er, or not. The truth is it is ONLY the grand slam tournaments where the men play best of 5. ALL the rest play best of 3, and so they comply with my logic, men and women all play best of 3, men and women play for equal prize money. You need to know your subject better.
Quote ="Lord God Jose Mourinho"I'm not a tennis fan. I couldn't care less about the sport. But tennis is pretty much unique in that it has great success and great exposure at male and female level. Just thinking about it, but apart from athletics there's pretty much nothing else in the world that can compare. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that women get offered the same prize money as men get if there isn't a huge disparity in the amount the games bring in.'"
But if it's fair (as it plainly is) that in all the ATP Tour games they all play best of 3 and the prize money is equal, how do you justify the men playing best of 5 in Grand Slam events yet the prize money still being equal? It's simply unfair. The simple analysis is the men are obliged to play extra sets for the same money, based solely on gender, and I just do not think that is right. Anyway, I reckon anything else said would just be repetitive so maybe we should just leave it at that?
