:lulz2: That's what I get for not actually doing the math. But you can see the point, and I think you can also extrapolate that to the notion that fewer opportunities, as in qualifying slots, and what is still less money at some of the coed events, there's a reason there are fewer registered female players.
Anyway, based on your thread about what players make, I thought there was a lot of interesting stuff in there...including how the money has been shifted a bit to the earlier rounds & qualifiers in order to keep decent players viable in the sport, which is true on both the men's and women's sides.
the ONE ting i definitely agree on is the MONEY ''SHIFTED A BIT MORE TO THE LOWER RANKS"
that is an absolute MUST.
for every right reason.
it is one thing to reward the BIG NAMES -- because they HAVE worked very hard at their talents and profession - and HAVE spent a lot of money to get there.
but that is precisely ALSO the reason that mone ought to be given out 'trickle down" economics for REAL -- to the lesser known - and beginners in order to provide them with a little more space and freedom to develop which REQUIRES money which the great majority realloy do NOT have in order to reach the 'next stage of development">
we mostly have heard of the great stories of the great players -- but NAME A SINGLE ONE of them that had not at some point - regardless of how their families OF COURSE sacrificed for their careers' sake -- that did not come from more or less ''privileged background" RELATIVE to many other people who MIGHT actually have as much talent -- but -- absent the economic SPACE which can only come from EXTRA outside infusion (either sponsors OR absent THAT - such as in poorer countries with almost NO tennis infrastructure OR EVEN Tradition -- THROUGH EARNINGS in their rounds)...
it's often easier to talk about how 'difficult it was for" the BIG NAMES AFTER they already had earned their way -- right for them to get the career success --
while forgetting that the toil and sacrifices and dedication in order to get to the next level of development is near-impossible STILL for many likely equally talented ones SIMPLY because they do not have enough ''wages" AS tennis players in the circuit -- PER ROUND that they actually play..
it is like their 'hourly wage" is set SO low -- it is really nearly impossible to pay BILLS, GASOLINE, plane tickets, food, hotel , and if possilbe at all - an actual coach - let alone all the other advantages MONEY ALONE can buy -- a physio, a ''team" complete with psychologists, practice partners hired specifically for a certain result..and all that.
NATURALLY -- by the nature of the sport -- 'the cream of the crop rises" -- what CAN be cream of the crop has limitations on getting to the next stage - for lack of - MONEY.
THIS IS not to mean the top players and winners at the late rounds should have pay cuts. not at alll -- it should be that the sport has become so successful -- it is the TOURNAMENTS and sponsorships and financing that should allocate the increased budget to the wages of the earlier, first week rounders so that THEY can rely on a longer period to stretch their earnings further. maybe get that extra special coach that jus tmight make a difference -- maybe travel to that tournament and not worry about if he or she can really afford the ticket because ther'e sanother tournament he has to defend points -- and maybe this one he earns an extra ranking -- etc...
these are very critical to the ACTUAL DAILY LIVES of what are in every way
WORKERS of the industry - tennis.
