[jambutty]

Actually someone (I’ve forgotten the name and can’t be bothered to switch on the TV and search for it) on either Ceefax or Teletext chucked a new point into the debate.

Gate receipts!

The claim is that if the spectators pay the same to watch a men’s match as they do for a ladies match then the lady players should have the same rewards.

Interesting point!

If that is the case then the spectators are getting ripped off. But! Hey! Since when has that been a new phenominum?

Having just had a peek at http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/pressreleases/prizemoney.html it reveals that this levelling off of prize money has been gathering pace for a number of years. To quote the site:

“Over the years, we have progressively increased the ladies’ prize money, so that last year Amélie Mauresmo, the Ladies’ Champion, received £625,000 – 95% of the money received by Roger Federer, the Men’s Champion.”

What a sneaky lot!!! The playing field has been being levelled amidst no publicity.

So far on Ceefax or Teletext every letter has been against equal prize money.