by Guest » 04 Apr 2024, 15:02
I'm not ecstatic by the news, but I'd say one thing - WTA gets unusually big amount of shit thrown their way to be inclusive, prioritize morals and ethics over profit, but at the same time make money, have perfect organization, find locations for tournaments ready to offer a lot of money, but at the same time be financially sound. Meanwhile when ATP takes a horrendous moral decision over a horrendous moral decision it's lightly acknowledged as "oh typical ATP" and that's about it.
Fact is countries like Russia, China and now Saudi Arabia are ready to pay the big money and invest in organizing events. Probably for the sake of sportswashing, but I don't see other countries with supposedly better morals fighting to put favourable bids on the table. Instead what we see is continuous low balling of women's tournaments with half the prize money as men, shit court placements for any female player bar Swiatek and Sabalenka and then blaming the players for somehow not generating enough interest. Of course they won't generate the same interest as men because a female player will never get the media/tournament push as someone like Sinner and Alcaraz unless they're all the boxes varying from amazing attractiveness to being from the right countries. Therefore this decision isn't that surprising.
I'm not ecstatic by the news, but I'd say one thing - WTA gets unusually big amount of shit thrown their way to be inclusive, prioritize morals and ethics over profit, but at the same time make money, have perfect organization, find locations for tournaments ready to offer a lot of money, but at the same time be financially sound. Meanwhile when ATP takes a horrendous moral decision over a horrendous moral decision it's lightly acknowledged as "oh typical ATP" and that's about it.
Fact is countries like Russia, China and now Saudi Arabia are ready to pay the big money and invest in organizing events. Probably for the sake of sportswashing, but I don't see other countries with supposedly better morals fighting to put favourable bids on the table. Instead what we see is continuous low balling of women's tournaments with half the prize money as men, shit court placements for any female player bar Swiatek and Sabalenka and then blaming the players for somehow not generating enough interest. Of course they won't generate the same interest as men because a female player will never get the media/tournament push as someone like Sinner and Alcaraz unless they're all the boxes varying from amazing attractiveness to being from the right countries. Therefore this decision isn't that surprising.