By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday April 4, 2025
Casper Ruud World No.6 is, in principle at the least, 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 enjoying at UTS in Nimes, France, the Norwegian talked concerning the significance of the said purpose of stated letter: growing the proportion of income sharing that the gamers earn on the main tournaments.
“As a participant, I do not really feel prefer it’s truthful,” Ruud advised the AFP. “Should you examine with different main sports activities around the globe – NFL, MLB, NBA – they’re nearer to 50 p.c income sharing,” Ruud advised the AFP. “I do not assume we’ll ever get there. But when we will get nearer, I feel each share helps.”
Ruud says that he and his friends are left at midnight as to what the working bills of the Grand Slams are, in order that they don’t actually have a superb gauge of true revenue.
“The most important factor that I do not assume individuals 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 recognize the dearth of transparency, or the truth that large selections that enhance 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 not too long ago switched to 15-day occasions.
“Most of them, they make these kind of selections with out even speaking with the gamers, asking for his or her opinions,” Ruud stated. “So there are specific issues that Slams have executed within the final years the place we really feel like it is time to react and ask for a gathering after which to debate completely different matters.”
In response to 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 every other handy time,” the FFT supply advised the AFP.
