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Originally Posted by valygrl
Oh come on. I'm on the fence about the merit of payout proportional to field size, but don't belittle women's sport by complaining about how the race plays out (gsteinb) or proposing victoria's secret prizes (TKP).

We race just as hard, train just as hard, put as much of our lives into racing as men do. You don't believe in equal pay for equal work?

gsteinb, do you think the women should just not have an opportunity to race at all, then, so the masters race can be longer? do you think the field size has nothing to do with the race tactics?

TKP, sure I'll race for victorias secret if you race for viagra. FFS
It's pretty frustrating to see the canard about the alleged quality of racing dragged out with respect to pay. Payouts aren't based on how exciting someone thought your race was. They're based on how you finished. Whether or not Joe Master's Racer thinks the women's race was sufficiently entertaining isn't the determining factor on who should be paid how much. That's lucky for the men racing at the international level, because right now the average quality of the racing at the highest levels of the sport is higher on the women's side. But that might necessarily always hold true, and if the pendulum swings the other way it is not justification for less pay. And yes - the economics of the situation are challenging and there are tradeoffs to be made, at the local level anyway. I don't think anyone disputes that it's a difficult problem to solve; as has already been discussed, it wouldn't bother me if more local races reduced or did away with prize money altogether. Whatever the case, I'm not really sure what effect equal prize money for the NRC/NCC will have on more local races, at least right away. But it's nice to see and hopefully will have some positive effects down the road.
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