I’m pretty sure this has been verified, but you are free to double check. I remember reading that women’s tennis is the most popular women’s sport in the world—especially considering the 4 huge Grand Slam events. During the Olympics beach volleyball might spike in popularity (although I’m sure tennis hold its own),…

First of all, Gilles’ argument centers around the issue of popularity, which I think is moot.

Agreed. Roger Federer seems like the kind of guy who wants to be the ultimate “statesman” of the sport, and as a result, skirts “controversy” at all costs. Not that it should be controversial to say your fellow female athletes deserve the same pay, but...he likes to collect his paychecks, keep his prestige, and not…

Agreed. It definitely is. People show up to see the top women’s matches in the same way they do the men’s. He’s just being an ass.

Agreed. I think women’s tennis is actually the most popular women’s sport in the world. Tennis in general is a widely popular sport with global appeal. But Billie Jean King and others didn’t fight for decades to achieve equal pay just for dipshits like Simon to try and reverse history. If he wants to start basing pay…

Nah, I would say backboard like Radwanska, in the sense that the player is very good at absorbing and redirecting pace, using the opponent’s strengths against him/her. A backboard is not a pusher; it’s more like someone who doesn’t have a huge offensive weapon themselves but is solid all-around player and will…

OT, but fun fact: Gilles Simon doesn’t think women tennis players should be paid as much as men. (I believe one of the reasons he cited to justify this dumb ass position is the popularity of the women’s sport versus the men’s. Like anyone is tuning in to see him play over a Williams sister or a Sharapova.)

I don’t think that’s true. Bernie is definitely my candidate right now, but if Hillary wins the nomination, I will absolutely be voting for her. I think most Bernie supporters feel this way—just, the Hillary haters happen to be the loudest. But I think we are all mostly in agreement that eventually we MUST unite…

That’s true, and I have some vivid memories from my childhood of watching very painful matches...but as any fight choreographer will tell you, there are many ways to make violence look convincing (also some times not so convincing). Also, there’s the matter of the spring loaded floors.

This is 2016, people. 2016. I cannot fathom how we are still having these conversations.

That’s OK. Have you tried 68-ing? or Maybe 67?

I think the ignorance part is just frustrating. I don’t think he deserves any vitriol at all, but I think it’s hard for people who do go through this/experience racism on a regular basis to have to be like “Oh great, you finally came to the realization! Welcome to the real world.” In 2016 it’s probably something you…

Ugh. This is undoubtedly Adventure Time’s creepiest moment. And it works perfectly here.

Based on the amount of times he’s fallen to Djokovic, Nadal and Federer you’d think somebody was making money off of that.

OH SHIT. I don’t even care how bad this is, this is my moment.

I think even more than that it has to do with over-saturation in the Internet age, though. It’s Hollywood and the media building up these young starlets/It girls (usually, as they don’t seem to build men up/tear them down the same way) and at some point, it becomes too much exposure and people start to fight back…

Whoa. You might have some issues you need to work out there. Haha.

Fine. But next you’ll be telling me that Chicago pizza is better than NY/NJ pizza, and with God as my witness, I will not stand for that.

So many toppings, yet so little flavor.

You gotta try it man, it will change your life.