Tatar... wrote:
stop the sport dying wrote:
I think the above will become inevitable
How in the current PC climate can you argue to the contrary?
A para gold is equal to other golds.
We know it is not but ….
What's 'PC climate' got to do with it? Let's depoliticize it then.
Should the prize money for the 100m be different than the steeplechase? The DL doesn't recognize the two events are different in prestige. It would be strange for meet organizers marketing to sponsors to acknowledge some of its events are more competitive than others.
When the NFL sells broadcasting contracts it doesn't claim some of its games are better than others. Every one is a huge event in its own right (according to the NFL). It would be punching itself in the face of it admitted that isn't the case. It's the same for the DL and IAAF, if you're selling to sponsors using the whole package of able bodied and para sports, it doesn't really make sense not to distribute prize money equally.
There is an overlay between PC and the Market.
The market perception is influenced by what people want and PC is wanting to change that.
Look at the arguments from women’s soccer in the USA.ie not paid enough as not marketed enough ( egg chicken).
And funding in the Uk is not market driven.