Tennis Related - Off Court Serious Issues

[mmmm8]

I don't really follow college sports... There are 317 Division 1 teams? Isn't that supposed to be the more elite division? why so so many?

[tenniswizard]

Certainly! Here's some more information to help you navigate the NCAA Eligibility Center as a tennis athlete:

• Consider NCAA Division I or Division II: The NCAA consists of three divisions, but Division I and Division II are the two divisions where tennis programs are most prevalent. Division I tends to have larger and more competitive programs, while Division II offers a balance between academics and athletics. Choose the division that aligns with your athletic and academic goals.

• Maintain Contact with Coaches: Throughout your high school career, it's crucial to stay in touch with college coaches. Attending tennis tournaments, showcasing your skills, and sending highlight videos can all help coaches evaluate your potential to contribute to their team.

• Meet the Amateurism Requirements: The NCAA has strict rules regarding amateurism, which means you must not receive any payment or benefits for playing tennis. Be cautious about accepting prize money or sponsorships that could jeopardize your eligibility.

• Seek Academic Support: Balancing academics and athletics can be challenging, especially as you prepare for college. Consider seeking academic support, such as tutoring or time management assistance, to ensure you meet the eligibility requirements.

• Complete the NCAA Amateurism Certification: As part of the eligibility process, you'll need to complete the NCAA Amateurism Certification. This involves answering questions about your amateur status and potential involvement in professional sports.

• Apply for Eligibility: Once you've completed your junior year of high school and have gathered all the required information, submit your transcripts, test scores, and amateurism certification to the NCAA Eligibility Center. They will review your information and determine your eligibility status.

• Stay Committed to Academics in College: After you become a college athlete, academic performance remains crucial. NCAA student-athletes must meet specific academic progress requirements to remain eligible throughout their college career.

• Explore Other Eligibility Pathways: If you don't meet the initial eligibility requirements for Division I or Division II, there are other options to consider, such as attending a junior college, where you can compete in sports while working on your academics to become eligible for a transfer to a four-year institution.

Be Proactive and Prepared: Navigating the NCAA Eligibility Center can be a complex process, so it's essential to be proactive and prepared.

Read more at
Navigating the NCAA Eligibility Center: Requirements for Tennis Athletes

[ti-amie]

The rumor is that Cincy will be moved to Charlotte. And yes that's Emma Navarro's dad.

$400M tennis campus proposed for west Charlotte to host ‘prestigious’ tennis tournament

By Alexandria Sands | May 22, 2023
Views: 11,650

Editor’s note: This story was updated on May 22, 2023 with the latest information.

A Charleston firm is asking the public to invest in a $400-million, four-stadium tennis campus at the River District in west Charlotte.
What’s happening: Beemok Sports is looking for a new home for the Western & Southern Open. The rights to the tournament, held in the Cincinnati area, were acquired by Beemok from the United States Tennis Association in September.

Why it matters: This could be the biggest economic development win for the city of Charlotte in years.

The project would put the Masters 1000 tournament, one of the “most prestigious trophies in all of tennis,” close to the Charlotte Douglas International Airport and in the heart of the River District, a 1,400-acre mixed-use development underway.

Details: Beemok has dubbed its plan “Project Break Point.” It’s asking the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to help cover one-third of the price tag, around $130 million. The City of Charlotte is looking at contributing $60 million to $70 million in hospitality funds. The State of North Carolina could also partner.

Plus, the airport could provide 100 acres for parking, which the city could use for other large-scale tourism events it hosts, assistant city manager Tracy Dodson says.

The campus would host 200 events a year, including collegiate and junior championships, pickleball matches, festivals and concerts, Beemok’s Ford Perry said during a joint city and county economic development committee meeting Wednesday.
Residents would be able to play on the courts at a cost. The company charges a $10 hourly rate at its Charleston location. There would be free hours for school children and need-based residents.
By the numbers: The Western & Southern Open would be a two-week event each August. Proponents say it would have an annual economic impact of around $265 million, drawing approximately 350,000 attendees. That’s more than the 2022 President’s Cup and Wells Fargo Championship.

The TV audience reaches 62.7 million viewers, per Beemok’s presentation.
The campus itself would draw 650,000-plus attendees a year.

The intrigue: Beemok Capital is owned by Charleston billionaire Ben Navarro, who tried to buy the Carolina Panthers in 2018 before David Tepper ultimately did.

Beemok operates Credit One Stadium in Charleston, which will host a slate of musical acts, including Dave Matthews Band, and hosts the Charleston Open.

What’s next: Beemok hopes to relocate the tournament by 2026. It is considering other locations — it hasn’t mentioned which ones, besides Cincinnati where the tournament is currently held — so the city must act fast to stay in the running.

To meet the tight timeline, city council and county commissioners would need to make a decision about public funding soon — possibly within the next two months. Perry said they want to decide on a long-term location for the tournament by summer.
“Charlotte has always been top of our list with respect to what the opportunity could be for this tournament,” Perry said.
Catch up quick: The River District, once complete, will span 1,400 acres. It’s set to reshape west Charlotte with more than 5,000 residences, offices and retail, and 1,000 hotel rooms.

Developer Crescent Communities is conserving 550 acres as open space, including 30 parks and 30 miles of trails that could intersect with the tennis complex.
Construction is underway at the River District. The first homes will be finished in 2024.
Of note: Nonprofit Carolina Serves has also proposed a Charlotte racquet complex at the old Eastland Mall site in east Charlotte. But the city is entertaining another pitch for an athletics, events and esports center called QC East and has floated the idea of building a publicly owned sports tourism venue.

https://charlotte.axios.com/328856/tenn ... rg-county/

[skatingfan]

Charlotte does sound nicer than Mason, Ohio, but I feel badly for the people of Mason who have supported this tournament for so many years.

[meganfernandez]

Charlotte does sound nicer than Mason, Ohio, but I feel badly for the people of Mason who have supported this tournament for so many years.

Mason is Cincinnati, and Cincy and Charlotte are pretty comparable. Mason is a suburb but plenty of players and fans shoot downtown if they want to. Traffic isn't bad.

One thing I love about the Cincy tournament is that the city isn't a distraction. At every other big tournament, you're constantly choosing between the tennis and the world-class location. When I go to the US Open, I'm torn between spending time in the city or at the tournament, especially at night. Never in Cincy. You can geek out on tennis all day and evening with no regrets, but like any city, it has interesting neighborhoods and restaurants and bars if you feel like exploring or doing something else. I'd say the same about Charlotte, too. It's not like being in Paris and feeling guilty about spending all your time at the tournament.

[JTContinental]

Anisimova is going to college in the fall somewhere in Florida

[meganfernandez]

Anisimova is going to college in the fall somewhere in Florida

Wow. She could be taking classes this semester and planning to return to tour next season. I doubt she is eligible to play NCAA. Nova is a top D2 tennis program anyway, not D1. They were national runner-up last year. The university down the street from me is also a top D2 program and plays Nova sometimes, so I'd heard of it.

[ti-amie]

Gender pay gap questioned again at Cincinnati tennis tournament
Despite playing at the same venue and three-set format, the prize money for the men was $6.6 million, while the women competed for $2.8 million.

By Gilbert Ngabo Sports Reporter
Monday, August 21, 2023

The gender pay gap issue in tennis was once again front and centre at last weekend’s Western & Southern Open.

Despite playing at the same venue and in the same three-set format, the total prize money at the Cincinnati tournament for the men was $6.6 million (all figures in U.S.), while the women competed for just under $2.8 million.

That meant Novak Djokovic took home $1,019,335 after beating Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s epic four-hour showdown, while 19-year-old Coco Gauff received $454,500 in a straight sets win over Karolina Muchova.

As a runner-up on the men’s side, Alcaraz took home $556,630 —more than Gauff received as a champion which angered some tennis fans.

“This is shameful,” Robin Bradford wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. “The total prize money for the women isn’t even equal to what the men had ... in 2012.”

Critics of the pay gap point out that some women tennis players such as the now-retired Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka attract bigger crowds than some of their male counterparts at these high-profile tournaments, yet still get paid significantly less.

“These are independent women who surely don’t need the men from the ATP to top up/subsidize the women’s prize fund. If they pull the same crowds, then where is the money going?” questioned Dustin Gorski.

Among other reasons, tennis officials say the pay difference is primarily driven by the value of the broadcast and sponsorship deals.

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The gender pay gap issue in tennis was once again front and centre at last weekend’s Western & Southern Open.

Despite playing at the same venue and in the same three-set format, the total prize money at the Cincinnati tournament for the men was $6.6 million (all figures in U.S.), while the women competed for just under $2.8 million.

That meant Novak Djokovic took home $1,019,335 after beating Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s epic four-hour showdown, while 19-year-old Coco Gauff received $454,500 in a straight sets win over Karolina Muchova.

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As a runner-up on the men’s side, Alcaraz took home $556,630 —more than Gauff received as a champion which angered some tennis fans.

“This is shameful,” Robin Bradford wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. “The total prize money for the women isn’t even equal to what the men had ... in 2012.”

Critics of the pay gap point out that some women tennis players such as the now-retired Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka attract bigger crowds than some of their male counterparts at these high-profile tournaments, yet still get paid significantly less.

“These are independent women who surely don’t need the men from the ATP to top up/subsidize the women’s prize fund. If they pull the same crowds, then where is the money going?” questioned Dustin Gorski.

Among other reasons, tennis officials say the pay difference is primarily driven by the value of the broadcast and sponsorship deals.

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Prior to the start of the Cincinnati tournament, former world No. 1 Andy Murray suggested the ATP and the WTA should work together.

“I always felt like when we’re competing at the same event on the same courts, that we should be playing for the same prize money,” Murray said, according to tennis365.com

“I don’t think it’s that straightforward just now, that both tours have different sponsors, different TV deals and all of that stuff too.”

The same pay disparity exists in the doubles, with winners Máximo González and Andrés Molteni getting $312,740, while Taylor Townsend and Alycia Parks got $133,840 for taking the women’s title.

The four major Grand Slam competitions — U.S. Open, Wimbledon, French Open and Australian Open — have for years offered equal pay, despite the men competing in the best-of-five sets while women play a best-of-three. Several other marquee tennis tournaments also offer equal prize money, but a number of others continue to face criticism including the Italian Open.

At the 2023 National Bank Open in Canada, the men’s purse is $6.6 million while the women split just under $2.8 million.

But the Canadian competition, which alternates its men’s and women’s site between Toronto and Montreal, has started the process to equally distribute the prize money between men and women by 2027. The plan is to gradually reshape the commercial model with an extended competition schedule as new means to generate more revenues.

Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov published an article last March in the Players’ Tribune critical of the pay gap, pointing that it highlights the existing problem of gender inequality in general.

“Maybe I’m being cynical, but I think some people might think of gender equality as mere political correctness. Deep down they don’t feel that women deserve as much, you know? And that’s terrible,” Shapovalov wrote.

“So let’s give everyone the same chance. Let’s pay out the same prize money. Let’s stop talking about reducing the gender gap. If we want tennis to be fair, it should not exist at all.”

https://www.thestar.com/sports/tennis/g ... 9d93a.html

[ti-amie]

The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast
@Shaptennispod
Sources telling me announcement next week that WTA Finals will be played in Riyadh. saudi arabia The Bin Salmon Tour is imminent. Newport ATP license is up for sale, Saudis will buy it, and Gaudenzi will move to more advantageous date.induction will remain, just no tournament

[ponchi101]

I doubt they will show the WTA finals here. But, if they do, I will not watch them. No way I am going to patronize a Saudi Arabian tournament.

[ashkor87]

One more reason to cut back on oil!

[Suliso]

Oil is still absolutely everything you do. Hard to cut back on...

[ponchi101]

Cutting back on Saudi Arabia is not the same as cutting back on oil.

[Suliso]

Cutting back on Saudi Arabia is not the same as cutting back on oil.

That's for sure, but I was answering to ashkor87

[Owendonovan]

The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast
@Shaptennispod
Sources telling me announcement next week that WTA Finals will be played in Riyadh. saudi arabia The Bin Salmon Tour is imminent. Newport ATP license is up for sale, Saudis will buy it, and Gaudenzi will move to more advantageous date.induction will remain, just no tournament

Gross.
Will the winner have to wear a Hijab to receive her trophy or will it just be given to her male coach?
Should we prepare a thread on how Bin Salman has decided he's going to "LVI" the ATP and WTA, because it feels like it's coming. He's done it to golf, and is doing it to soccer now.