Re: So, does Gigi have a point?

Carl Sundquist said:

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Magilla says - I look forward to hearing from all the insightful people
in here who will write 1 or 2 sentence replies to complex social issues
such as this.
..Magilla's correct. GiGi (I prefer the two upper case G's) needs to
up the salvos...she should link arms with EVERY International
Professional sports PERSON...track & field, long distance runners ,
golfers, tennis, skiers (you get it)...BECAUSE you can bet the UCI will
be lobbied strongly by every counterpart sanctioning body (primarily but
not exclusively European) to stomp this potential wildfire out quickly.

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This can't be JUST a woman cyclists problem. There must be other
professional sports women who are discriminated against ($$$) because of
gender.

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The other group that needs to feel the pressure are the sponsors. What
product maker and/or service provider wants or needs to be outed for
contributing to sexual discrimination?

Is it discrimination when Cat 3s are not paid equal to a Pro race? If your
answer is no, then why should men vs. women be any different?

dumbass,

i'm not trying to argue one way or the other.

from the UCI's standpoint it's a simple fix. they don't fret about the
small time organizer that struggles to pay the UCI minimums.

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As GG noted, there is a certain chicken/egg dilema here. Do you get more
women riders (by a larger prizelist) in order to draw more women viewers, or
do you get more women viewers which will in turn encourage promoters to
offer more prize money?

bumping the UCI minimum for women to match the men for the top
placings will have no effect whatsoever. what gould is talking about
works out to maybe $1000 more from the organizer for a C2 cross race.

the big time races will still pay out more to the men and the small
time races will have to pony up to satisfy the UCI requirements if
they want to continue.

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How many eyes will see the women's races vs. the mens
races? If it is equal, then there should be equal pay.

I accept that argument, but as I said when this issue was raised in
Toronto some years ago it wasn't handled well are there is still
bitterness about it.

Carl Sundquist said:

My point here is that the prize money distribution disparity is not one of
sexual discrimination, but a disparity based on marketing strategies and
product exposure. How many eyes will see the women's races vs. the mens
races? If it is equal, then there should be equal pay.- Hide quoted text -

Carl, you sometimes amaze me with your insight. Maybe you should have
been in marketing.