I'm all for equal opportunites but it seems this isn't good enough:

BBC SPORT | Tennis | Wimbledon pays equal prize money

I wonder what would happen if I told my boss I wanted to do half the hours everyone does for the same money....

Are some more equal than others.....

 

So they're going to make the women play more sets now then are they?

 

I wonder if they can bring in the same gate receipts then ?

What next, ladies pro footballers demanding $1,000,000 a week

 

Surely that would make the job equal and therefore warrant the pay rise...

 

Fine - just let them compete with the men

 

Are the tickets for the womens matches cheaper than the mens?

 

WHat does the amount of sets played have to do with anything? Does that mean we should adjust the prize money for men based on whether they win in 3 sets or 5?

There is an argument for mens prize money being higher based on the amount of money they bring into the game in terms of advertising, television money and gate receipts.

However, the differenc ein prize money last year was so small, that it made no sense to have have an almost symbolic difference between the two.