Posted on 09/24/2013 5:44:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
Professional tennis (I am a huge fan), like other professional sports is primarily about revenue generation through entertainment (direct sales of endorsed products, indirect sales via viewer volume in TV and other media and direct sales of tickets and goods at sporting events). Player compensation should be tied to revenue generating ability, which is only indirectly related to athletic talent.
For women players, being attractive is an important part of revenue generation (much more so than with the men players). That is just human nature. Women would do well to play that up to best effect by what they choose to wear in order to make themselves appear more feminine and sexy (there is a fine line here, going beyond which is counterproductive).
Justifying demands for equal pay based on socially engineered equality of outcome between the sexes is total PC nonsense. It’s not about who can win more matches, but who can win more viewers (i.e., generate more revenue).
By the way, most players have a more-or-less set, involuntary grimace that they make while straining when striking the ball. Some of these “face pulls” are quite ugly or weirdly comical and look nothing like the player’s normal, relaxed face. Ana Ivanovic is very fortunate in that not only is she very attractive to begin with, but she has the extra great fortune to have a grimace that almost looks like a normal smile. It makes her stop action shots (photos) look much better than most of the other players (who may look just as nice off court).
One of my favorite women players has been Francesca Schiavone (who I always thought looks something like a cross between a wet rat and the Wicked Witch of the West). I love the way the Italian players tend to show their emotions and “talk with their hands.” I really enjoyed watching her gritty Cinderella run to win the French open a few years ago.
It was probably Laz
Had Lefty Williams not thrown the 1919 World Series, he would be completely forgotten today.
Had Eddie Cicotte not thrown the 1919 World Series, he would be in the Hall of Fame.
It was when BJK was married that she got the abortion. Apparently BJK did not realize she was a lesbo until after her marriage.
It certainly wasn’t publicized to the same extent as the one against King. And if this article is anywhere near the truth, the prior match merely was a set-up for a big payday for the fixed match against King: http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9589625/the-match-maker
Joe Jackson would be in the hall too. Do you think Joe was innocent?
” Who wants to place bets on a contest between Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams”
Williams is so juiced up she might get a couple of games from Nadal. At thirty two still dominating the women’s tour in majors, and pumped up like a linebacker, there is NO WAY she isn’t on steroids. The pathetic part of this is, everyone knows it even the officials, but she will never be called on it because she is black and a role model to children all over the world. The myth would be exposed.
Shoeless Joe had guilty knowledge, but didn’t throw any games. He deserves to be inducted into the Hall.
Just go watch the Riggs/King match on YouTube, furcrissakes. NO RULE CHANGES!
Billie Jean had two things in common with Bobby Riggs - she used yellow balls and liked p***y.
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