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RedHot25 · 02-22-2007, 08:38 AM

I put this in here because the OT gets more traffic; feel free though to move it to sports if that's better.

Anyways, just found this interesting....I didn't realize that Wimbleton was giving reduced prize money to the female winners....?

http://tsn.ca/tennis/news_story/?ID=197170&hubname=

After years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon bowed to public pressure Thursday and agreed to pay women players as much as the men at the world's most prestigious tennis tournament.

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Last year, men's champion Roger Federer received prize money worth US$1.170 million and women's winner Amelie Mauresmo got US$1.117 million.

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The U.S. Open and Australian Open have paid equal prize money for years. The French Open paid the men's and women's champions the same for the first time last year, although the overall prize fund remained bigger for the men.
The WTA Tour has lobbied for years to get Wimbledon to drop its "Victorian-era view" and pay the women the same as the men.
"In the 21st century, it is morally indefensible that women competitors in a Grand Slam tournament should be receiving considerably less prize money than their male counterparts," WTA Tour chief executive Larry Scott said last year.

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The unequal pay policy goes back 123 years. When the women started playing at Wimbledon in 1884, the female champion received a silver flower basket worth 20 guineas, while the men's winner got a gold prize worth 30 guineas.

02-22-2007, 08:38 AM	#1
RedHot25 Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere Exp:	Wimbledon to pay women as much as men I put this in here because the OT gets more traffic; feel free though to move it to sports if that's better. Anyways, just found this interesting....I didn't realize that Wimbleton was giving reduced prize money to the female winners....? http://tsn.ca/tennis/news_story/?ID=197170&hubname= After years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon bowed to public pressure Thursday and agreed to pay women players as much as the men at the world's most prestigious tennis tournament. .... Last year, men's champion Roger Federer received prize money worth US$1.170 million and women's winner Amelie Mauresmo got US$1.117 million. .... The U.S. Open and Australian Open have paid equal prize money for years. The French Open paid the men's and women's champions the same for the first time last year, although the overall prize fund remained bigger for the men. The WTA Tour has lobbied for years to get Wimbledon to drop its "Victorian-era view" and pay the women the same as the men. "In the 21st century, it is morally indefensible that women competitors in a Grand Slam tournament should be receiving considerably less prize money than their male counterparts," WTA Tour chief executive Larry Scott said last year. ..... The unequal pay policy goes back 123 years. When the women started playing at Wimbledon in 1884, the female champion received a silver flower basket worth 20 guineas, while the men's winner got a gold prize worth 30 guineas.