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dash_pinched · 08-30-2020, 07:24 PM

It's all good NF - I think as a young man or woman if you're planning to embark on a professional tennis career that you'd better be either be extremely confident in your abilities or have a solid backup plan just in case things don't work out. Either that or you have a agent/agency that lines you up with great endorsements.

If we want to continue with the NHL comparison, the top 750 hockey players in the world play in a league that has the following as a minimum guaranteed salary:

The NHL's minimum wage is $700,000 in 2019-2020 and $750,000 in 2021-2022

Obviously, there is no guaranteed money in tennis (aside from exhibitions and other special events which are reserved for the top players) and earnings are directly tied to performance. The player is also on the hook for all expenses including travel, hotels, and coaching. If you get injured, the money stops flowing in and your ranking drops while you are inactive and once your protected status dries up, you're toiling away again on the Challenger tour to build that ranking back up.

I just think there needs to be two major changes - The players on both the ATP and WTA tours need to be getting a much larger share of revenue and the distribution of the money needs to be altered to help out the lower level tours. The guys in the top 100 will generally be fine, but the guys ranked 101-300 are struggling to even break even which is something that could be improved with some changes.

08-30-2020, 07:24 PM	#1426
dash_pinched Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maple Bay, B.C. Exp:	It's all good NF - I think as a young man or woman if you're planning to embark on a professional tennis career that you'd better be either be extremely confident in your abilities or have a solid backup plan just in case things don't work out. Either that or you have a agent/agency that lines you up with great endorsements. If we want to continue with the NHL comparison, the top 750 hockey players in the world play in a league that has the following as a minimum guaranteed salary: The NHL's minimum wage is $700,000 in 2019-2020 and $750,000 in 2021-2022 Obviously, there is no guaranteed money in tennis (aside from exhibitions and other special events which are reserved for the top players) and earnings are directly tied to performance. The player is also on the hook for all expenses including travel, hotels, and coaching. If you get injured, the money stops flowing in and your ranking drops while you are inactive and once your protected status dries up, you're toiling away again on the Challenger tour to build that ranking back up. I just think there needs to be two major changes - The players on both the ATP and WTA tours need to be getting a much larger share of revenue and the distribution of the money needs to be altered to help out the lower level tours. The guys in the top 100 will generally be fine, but the guys ranked 101-300 are struggling to even break even which is something that could be improved with some changes. Last edited by dash_pinched; 08-30-2020 at 07:27 PM.