[Libloather]

Riggs may have owed the mob $100k. Feminism hardest hit. Podcast @ the link.

[dfwgator]

I thought this has been common knowledge for years.

[Georgia Girl 2]

That match was one of the most enjoyable sports events I ever watched. It was total entertainment.

[Jess Kitting]

So Riggs rigged it?

[null and void]

A racket.

[Obadiah]

Riggs took a dive.

[John Milner]

“The “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is one of the most iconic moments in American sports history.”

No. No it is not.

[Fireone]

It’s called show business.
also, see Vince McMahon.

[bwest]

Actually, it was the battle of the genders, not the sexes. Either player could have identified as any gender.
I’m grateful for our new enlightenment.

[Texas Eagle]

I don’t know why it was called The Battle of the Sexes when both players were dudes.

[Savage Beast]

Oh no, Bobby Riggs was just ahead of his time.

[Dan in Wichita]

The Riggs-King match illustrates the intellectual depravity of the Left. At that time, Billie Jean King was the #1 rated female tennis player in the world, pitted against a has been male player who even in his prime, was not a top rated professional. Of course she was going to defeat him. Had she been pitted against a similarly ranked male tennis player, such as Jimmy Connors or Bjorn Borg, she would have been crushed.

But the Left used this match to advance feminism. In their view, the King victory proved that not only were women as good as men, they were actually the superior gender, as this match "proved" it.

[wastedyears]

One of the Williams sisters was in a mixed doubles match, and she couldn’t do anything.

[dfwgator]

“The day of the match, you might feel a slight sting.”

[yarddog]

It had to be rigged from early on.

Riggs had destroyed Margaret Court in the first match. There is no way that Billie Jean King would have agreed to be embarrassed by Riggs if she didn’t know the outcome.

BTW, Court was ranked ahead of King at the time. I have a book by Rod Laver. In it he states flat out that the matvh was rigged.

Having said that, being able to hit to your opponents doubles court is such an advantage that it really could have been a fair game, but it wasn’t.

[SES1066]

Tennis played with a Pro Wrestling Script. Entertainment. ESPN is getting desperate for content. Expect a retrospective report on David v Goliath soon.

[tet68]

Of course it was a racket, it was tennis after all...

[Bommer]

And Riggs rigging a match helped him how? He became a nobody after that match.

[Demiurge2]

Wasn’t there some heavy betting on the outcome that resulted in some guy name Vito telling Riggs it would be healthier to throw the match?

[dfwgator]

The sad legacy of this is that it ultimately led to another “Battle of the Sexes”, one that would result in tragedy: Foolish Pleasure vs Ruffian.

[Tallguy]

Listening all the way to the end and, even with all the facts laid out, they still emphasize the impact of the match on society. I guess even a fraudulent event can have an impact, but once the fraud is proven you’d think there’d be a reassessment. Just shows how deeply everyone was invested.