Male and female players get equal prize money at tennis majors and the world hasn’t imploded. Doing the same in golf would help the game
Equal pay for equal play. The phrase has been made popular thanks to the US women’s soccer team’s fight for equal pay and treatment with their male counterparts.
Those who argue against parity say it’s a matter of simple economics: male sports tend to generate more revenue, therefore men should make more than women. It’s an argument that makes sense in some cases (of course, the pay gap could be mitigated if the media covered women’s sports more generously, but that’s an argument for another day.)
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