00:00Marcus.
00:00Yo.
00:01The US Open just set a prize money record.
00:04Okay.
00:05Talk to me about tennis and prize money records.
00:07The total purse is $90 million US dollars, which is-
00:11Okay.
00:11Yeah.
00:11And I was like, you published a story on this, right?
00:15And I had a quick look through it.
00:16And you just rock up.
00:18You can lose, but you still get $110,000.
00:22Yeah.
00:22Okay.
00:22So you only have to tie your sheelaces up and walk on the court.
00:25Yeah.
00:25And I understand these people have like put a lot of their life and energy
00:29and probably cash into like becoming good tennis players.
00:32Yeah.
00:32But just to rock up like an appearance fee.
00:35$110,000 is not too shabby.
00:37I want to say singles winners, $5 million US dollars,
00:40which is twice the Australian Open prize money, which is $3.5 million.
00:43And you would think like because they have to travel all the way to Australia
00:46to play in the Australian Open that they should probably get more money for the pain.
00:50That's a good point.
00:50Yeah.
00:50Yeah.
00:51But that's okay.
00:51On a serious note though, since 1973,
00:54men and women have been paid equally at the US Open.
00:57When I heard the news that they get paid equally, I was like, oh, it's about time.
01:01But like they've been getting paid for what?
01:0350 plus years.
01:05So that's great.
01:07And is tennis like a leader in that kind of regard?
01:09They were the first.
01:10Yeah.
01:10So yeah, US Open was the first.
01:12Back then the pot for the tournament in 1973 was 100 grand, which doesn't sound like-
01:17You get that for showing up now.
01:18Yeah.
01:19It doesn't sound like a lot.
01:19To put it in perspective for you.
01:21Oh, great.
01:21A Corvette was $5,296 in 1973.
01:26So it would have got you at least a Corvette and probably 10 houses in Sydney.
01:29We'll see you next time.
01:29We're speaking.
01:29Hi-bye.
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