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There are some traditions in sports that are timeless and worth preserving: The seventh-inning stretch,[url=http://duveticajacketsmenonsalejp.halod.com/][b]デュベティカアウトレット[/b][/url], conceding putts and the exchange of jerseys after a soccer game,[url=http://duveticajacketsonlinejp.halod.com/][b]デュベティカダウンジャケット[/b][/url], to name a few. Then there are a few worth chucking. The blazers who run Wimbledon finally recognized that,[url=http://duveticatrenchcoat.webmium.com/][b]デュベティカサイズ[/b][/url], joining the 21st century with their decision to pay women the same as men.
"We think now is absolutely the right time to make this move," club chairman Tim Phillips said.
Actually,[url=http://discount2013duveticajackets.webmium.com/][b]デュベティカ店舗大阪[/b][/url], the right time would have been about two decades ago. We've moved well beyond the days when women players wore ankle-length flannel skirts, and we're also well past those laborious moonball rallies that sent fans running for the coffee urn. Roger Federer may be the greatest athlete on the planet (sorry, Tiger) these days, but the women are the driving force in tennis.
Much like golf and even NASCAR, tennis' popularity depends on its personalities. Sure, some folks will tune in to watch Federer dissect yet another opponent with a game so perfect instructors will show videotapes of it for generations to come.
But Federer is _ dare we say it? _ boring. He'll never berate a line judge like John McEnroe, throw tantrums like Jimmy Connors. He doesn't have Andre Agassi's charisma,[url=http://duveticajacketsmenjp.albirank.net/][b]デュベティカダウンジャケット[/b][/url], and it's a good bet there won't be an in-your-face ad campaign about his image.
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Look at the Q Scores, the thing that measures name recogition. Serena Williams is 26, with big sis Venus (25) right behind. Sharapova scored a 19,[url=http://duveticajacketsoutletjp.albirank.net/][b]デュベチカ通販[/b][/url], the same as Agassi. Andy Roddick was a 15. Federer? A 14.
Granted, this comes from a survey of Americans who call themselves general sports fans. But the results were similar on Forbes' Celebrity 100, a measure of earnings and exposure.
Sharapova ranked 63rd last year, well behind the Rolling Stones, Brangelina and even Rod Stewart. She did, however,[url=http://duveticajacketsoutletjp.albirank.net/][b]ダウンジャケットメンズ[/b][/url], finish ahead of Diddy and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The only other tennis players in the top 100? Serena at No. 87, and Venus at 90.
Look at the commercials. Open any magazine that doesn't have "tennis" in the title these days, and odds are you'll find Sharapova touting something _ a watch, camera,[url=http://duveticajacketsmenjp.albirank.net/][b]ダウンジャケットduvetica[/b][/url], her oh-so-pretty Nike wear. Federer doesn't even get to wear a cute white moustache in a milk ad.
"Our decision . and Australian opens caught on years ago, and have been dividing their spoils accordingly. The French Open gave its winners identical paychecks last year, though the men still got more prize money overall.
But no matter how far the women came _ a campaign Billie Jean King started back in the 1970s _ it didn't matter so long as the world's most famous tournament considered them less than equal.
Granted, the pay disparity was minuscule. Federer's prize of $1.170 million last year was $53,[url=http://duveticajacketssalejp.albirank.net/][b]デュベチカ通販[/b][/url],000 more than Amelie Mauresmo's _ pocket change for players who make millions.
That's not the point, though.
"It was really a matter of principle,[url=http://duveticajacketsjp.albirank.net/][b]デュベチカ通販[/b][/url]," Mauresmo said. "It is a question of equality."
These days, women can be anything they want to be: doctors,[url=http://duveticajacketsshopjp.gengfl.com/][b]ダウンジャケットduvetica[/b][/url], lawyers,[url=http://duveticashop.webmium.com/][b]デュベティカ店舗[/b][/url], iron workers, maybe even president of the United States. If the work is the same, the pay should be, too. End of story.
In holding out,[url=http://duveticajacketsjp.gengfl.com/][b]ダウンジャケットレディース[/b][/url], Wimbledon's suits noted that men's matches are best of five while the women play best of three. Other critics of equal pay contend that the level of play on the men's side is superior,[url=http://duveticashoponline.webmium.com/][b]デュベティカ大阪[/b][/url], while the women have little depth beyond their top 10 or 12 and their early-round matches often lack suspense.
It's not as if there are a bunch of nail-biters on the men's side, though. More often than not,[url=http://duveticajacketsoutletjp.albirank.net/][b]ダウンジャケットレディース[/b][/url], the men play for the right to get crushed by Federer. Take the Australian Open.
This was supposed to be the tournament where Roddick finally challenged Federer. Instead, Federer needed a mere 83 minutes for his semifinal pasting of the American. His victory over Fernando Gonzalez in the finals was an afterthought.
It was Serena Williams who gave the tournament its buzz,[url=http://duveticadownjackets.halod.com/][b]デュベティカダウンジャケット[/b][/url], winning her eighth Grand Slam despite being unseeded and in less-than-ideal shape. Her quarterfinal victory over Shahar Peer lasted 2 1/2 hours,[url=http://duveticajacketsonlinejp.halod.com/][b]ダウンジャケットメンズ[/b][/url], the last set alone taking 83 minutes.
She earned every penny that fortnight _ just as the women do at every tournament,[url=http://duveticajacketsmenonsalejp.halod.com/][b]デュベチカ専売店[/b][/url]. It's about time the folks at Wimbledon recognized that,[url=http://duveticajacketsmenjp.albirank.net/][b]デュベチカ専売店[/b][/url]..
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