Talk About Tennis 2.0

Deuce wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:27 am As disappointing as this is, I sure hope that no-one here is surprised...

'Sponsors Say It's Better to Look Good Than to Be #1' - Cirstea

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The 32-year-old, formerly sponsored by Adidas, said American, Chinese, Japanese and British players are the best-paid, but "Eastern Europe doesn't really sell."

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:50 pm

Deuce wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:27 am As disappointing as this is, I sure hope that no-one here is surprised...

'Sponsors Say It's Better to Look Good Than to Be #1' - Cirstea

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Because it was Cirstea I almost didn't read the article but the comment below is the cause of a lot of argument among WTA fans especially now with Iga at #1 and unknown outside of tennis circles. I haven't seen the same debate about ATP players except as it relates to Djokovic.

The 32-year-old, formerly sponsored by Adidas, said American, Chinese, Japanese and British players are the best-paid, but "Eastern Europe doesn't really sell."

Deuce wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:10 am Why should we accept the pitifully low standard of 'marketing' and 'business' placing financial profit above respect, decency, and all else?
Why should we accept that business and ethics are mutually exclusive, never to combine?
The businesses I respect are the ethical ones.

Would you guys still say that it's just 'business' or just 'marketing', and shouldn't be taken personally if, instead of the subject being one's physical appearance, it was skin colour or sexual preference? If white people were advantaged over blacks, Hispanics, etc. by sponsors? Or if straight people were advantaged over gay people?
I doubt it.

The acceptance of this garbage with a mere shrug of the shoulders is in large part responsible for humanity being in such dire straits.
Indifference and apathy don't improve the status quo - they just encourage it. We need to employ higher standards if we want to see improvement and true progression.