Tennis Pay Gap Between #1 and #32- Interesting WSJ Article

[golds girl]

Here's a link to the article
http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-tenniss-pay-gap-compares-to-other-sports-1408997701

They compared tennis to a bunch of other sports and I think net net they're saying the #32 player shouldn't be as far away (in income) as the #1 player as it currently is in tennis.

But then when you look at the talent levels, I mean Sharapova vs. Casey Dellacqua? Pova makes more because she goes deeper into tournaments. I think it's an incentive for the lower-ranked players to play better, learn, go deeper and as a consequence make more money.
Halep was ranked what at this time last year, probably making no money and she worked her way up by being consistent and winning and now she's at #2 making way more money.

It's even more marked on the men's side Nole vs. Verdasco or something....come on. You never know which Verdasco is going to show up and I think as a result, he should be paid thus.

 

[special700]

That scale is crazy because Djoker and Serena worked for they pay. No one gave them anything. What they really should address is how the best female player gets less in endorcements (at least that's what they said) than the player with less accomplishments. Another thing why is Maria's picture there with #1 and not Serena? What am I missing. That's not Casey.

 

[golds girl]

Well it confused me as well till I realized they weren't talking about ranking but 'money earned'.
Still not sure how that is Maria but perhaps she went deeper in tourneys this year than Serena overall??