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For instance, The French Open awards double the money to the winner it does to the runner up. Compare this with the word chess championship, where it is often
by Blikkentrekker 4y ago
For instance, The French Open awards double the money to the winner it does to the runner up.
Compare this with the word chess championship, where it is often split 60-40%, or the found is often bound to performance differences. A victory by a sweep incurs a larger percentage for the winner.
- dagw 4y agoThe caveat with sports is that for many of the sorts of athletes that win major leagues/tournaments, prize money is not their only source of income. As an extreme example Roger Federer recently went over a year without playing a single game and still earned an estimate of $90 million during that time. The caveat to my caveat is of course the winning a major tournament also significantly increases all those other sources of income.