Calling it short
Billie Jean King would have happily seen me relegated to a French sty in the company of Nicholas Chauvin, but not any more. For Brijnath has made me see the light through the net.Until yesterday I couldn't quite see any logic in the "equal pay for men and women at the Grand Slams" debate, for didn't the men slog out five of the most motivation-sapping sets and then do it again tomorrow? While the women daintily flitted through to the semi-finals only to choke 6-1, final set in the 2nd thirty minutes of the match? Apparently, I haven't been watching my tennis properly. Read Rohit Brijnath's article (link) in last week's Sportstar, where despite the not-so-shariif sans-serif machinistic fonts of the revamped sports-magazine, he makes his point. And takes the match with it.
Rs. 4/- per issue is no reflection on you, sir.
2 comments:
Brilliant article. I especially like the point he makes about whether we should "pay marathon runners more than 100 meter sprinters"?
I've always maintained that men do deserve a fatter pay check because of the whole "5 set - 3 set" issue. I have something to think about.
They were the very same lines that got me thinking, Arnold.
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