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Peems
February 22nd, 2007, 01:20 PM
Wimbledon will now start paying the Men's and Women's champ. of Wimbledon the same amount. The last grand slam even to do so, only 34 years after Billie Jean King won too.
Link (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/and-only-34-years-after-billy-jean-king-beat-bobby-riggs/)
dbackjon
February 22nd, 2007, 01:27 PM
'Bout time - especially since the women's game is more popular.
bulldog10jw
February 22nd, 2007, 02:05 PM
If we really want equality, let's have the men and women play each other.
BigApp
February 22nd, 2007, 02:32 PM
who draws more attendance, the women or men?
AppGuy04
February 22nd, 2007, 02:39 PM
'Bout time - especially since the women's game is more popular.

dude, there are only 3 reasons people watch women's tennis:

short skirts
skimpy outfits
grunting
NE MT GRIZZ
February 22nd, 2007, 02:45 PM
THey shouldn't get equal pay until they start playing in thongs and sports bras.:cool:
BigApp
February 22nd, 2007, 03:35 PM
who, the men??
NDSUFREAK
February 22nd, 2007, 09:54 PM
If we really want equality, let's have the men and women play each other.

Yeah......well good luck to the top women winning a set against the top men.
BrevardMountaineer03
February 22nd, 2007, 10:12 PM
I don't mind the women getting the same amount as men, however, the women should have to play best 3 out of 5 sets in the Grand Slams just like the men.
BigApp
February 22nd, 2007, 11:56 PM
BINGO!! Equal pay for equal work, right Rick?
Mr. C
February 23rd, 2007, 01:47 AM
I don't mind the women getting the same amount as men, however, the women should have to play best 3 out of 5 sets in the Grand Slams just like the men.
Agreed
jstate83
February 23rd, 2007, 11:57 AM
Wimbledon will now start paying the Men's and Women's champ. of Wimbledon the same amount. The last grand slam even to do so, only 34 years after Billie Jean King won too.
Link (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/and-only-34-years-after-billy-jean-king-beat-bobby-riggs/)

So the women gonna start playing the same number of set's to determine a winner as the men now?..................Win 3 sets instead of 2 out of 3?:eyebrow:
BrevardMountaineer03
February 23rd, 2007, 04:56 PM
So the women gonna start playing the same number of set's to determine a winner as the men now?..................Win 3 sets instead of 2 out of 3?:eyebrow:

Probably not.....
McNeese75
February 26th, 2007, 03:03 PM
Yeah......well good luck to the top women winning a set against the top men.

Absolutly will not happen unless it is a complete fluke. The top 10 women in the world could not take a set off of any man ranked in the top 150 in the world. (And maybe the number should be top 200)