By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday April 4, 2025
Casper Ruud World No.6 is, in idea a minimum of, one of many gamers that co-signed a latest letter despatched by the High 20 gamers of the ATP and WTA to the 4 Grand Slams.
This weekend, whereas taking part in at UTS in Nimes, France, the Norwegian talked in regards to the significance of the acknowledged aim of stated letter: rising the share of income sharing that the gamers earn on the main tournaments.
“As a participant, I do not really feel prefer it’s honest,” Ruud instructed the AFP. “If you happen to examine with different main sports activities all over the world – NFL, MLB, NBA – they’re nearer to 50 % income sharing,” Ruud instructed the AFP. “I do not suppose we’ll ever get there. But when we are able to get nearer, I believe each proportion helps.”
Ruud says that he and his friends are left at nighttime as to what the working bills of the Grand Slams are, in order that they don’t actually have a very good gauge of true revenue.
“The most important factor that I do not suppose folks know sufficient is the income sharing of the Grand Slams and the place they make their cash or how they distribute their income,” he stated.
However Ruud and different gamers don’t admire the shortage of transparency, or the truth that massive choices that improve revenues and alter participant necessities are made with out even consulting the gamers.
He cited the truth that Roland-Garros and the US Open have lately switched to 15-day occasions.
“Most of them, they make these kinds of choices with out even speaking with the gamers, asking for his or her opinions,” Ruud stated. “So there are particular issues that Slams have finished within the final years the place we really feel like it is time to react and ask for a gathering after which to debate totally different subjects.”
In keeping with the AFP, a consultant from the FFT confirmed reception of the letter and stated that they’ve requested a gathering with the gamers at Madrid, or Roland-Garros, to debate issues additional. “We responded by proposing a direct, open, and constructive assembly, beginning on the Madrid Open (April 22-Might 4), at Roland Garros (Might 25-June 8), or at some other handy time,” the FFT supply instructed the AFP.
