The Spaniard again touched on the difficult issue and based his position on everyone receiving money “according to what they generate.” And he paused for a moment: “I’m not a hypocrite.”
Rafael Nadal re-entered the controversy when referring to the women’s tennis’ historic claim to access the same prizes as men’s tennis. Always contrary to that position, the Spaniard did some clarifications on your thinking that’s for sure Its motivations are not sexist but it aims for each person to have a higher or lower salary depending on what they do.
“I’m not a hypocrite. I don’t want to say things that I can easily say and I don’t think.. The investment for me should be the same for men and women. Chances are, both. And the salaries. Both? Nope“Nadal said in an interview with La Sexta.
“Unfair is no equal opportunity. If you ask me if I’m a feminist, tell me what it means to be a feminist. If you tell me that being a feminist means that a man and a woman have the same opportunities, I’m a feminist“said the 22-time Grand Slam winner.
“I have a sister, a mother… that term feminist is taken to extremes that it does not… of course I want equality. And Equality does not lie in giving. It comes down to the fact that if Serena Williams is better than me, I want Serena to win more than me. If he can fill stadiums and generate more, I don’t want, because I am Rafa Nadal, to earn more than him. That’s what I see. I want equality,” stressed the 37-year-old tennis player.
“I I want women to earn more than men if they make more than men. What bothers me is that you don’t think the prizes should be equal. In tennis, in most events they are almost the same. Because of that time There was an opportunity to see women’s tennis and women’s tennis loved by the world.. Where he is very popular, he earns a lot of money. In my sport, I have supported all that throughout my life,” he added.
“I don’t want to get into a battle about that. The problem for me is the discussion. Do you think I think that a man, because he is a man, has to be more valuable or earn more than a woman? Are we crazy or what?” Nadal said. “Of course from the public sector, in the beginning and in the infrastructure, coaches, the same opportunity has to be given, well of course. Who do you think you’re talking to? Then, if the 50th in the tennis world has to earn something like (Novac) Djokovic, I will tell you that this is not the case because we have to go to standards where everyone has to earn the same and this is another debate,” said the Manacor player who will return to the courts at the beginning of March .
Source: Tycsports
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