Document reveals explosive plan for 2021
The quarrel between ATP and Djokovic is about money
Take it from the poor and give it to the rich - according to this motto, the ATP players' council around Roger Federer wants to redistribute the prize money in 2021. The fight for money is one of the reasons why Novak Djokovic is said to have founded his PTPA.
Novak Djokovic apparently had enough of the ATP's monetary policy.
In order to better support poorer professionals, Djokovic founded his players union PTPA.
As the Portuguese Gastao Elias reveals, the current players' council wants to cut the prize money in the qualifications and early rounds so that more can be paid out in the later rounds.
Djokovic doesn't like that. His new tennis union stands for different values, Elias explains in his post, which has now been deleted.
Djokovic has been fighting for a long time so that the worse off players can draw more money from the tournaments.
During the US Open there was a bang between ATP and Novak Djokovic. The Serb has announced that he is stepping down as president of the players 'council and is instead founding his own players' union, the PTPA. The criticism of this step of the world number 1 was huge. And now it becomes clear what the big quarrel is really about: the dear money.
A document was leaked on Twitter that shows the very explosive plans of the ATP and the current players' council for 2021. The council around Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the new President Kevin Anderson have therefore advocated a change in the distribution of the prize money. And the players who already have a lot should benefit from this.
Spielerrat wants to cut prize money for the “little ones” in 2021
"The prize money in the qualification and in the first rounds is to be reduced slightly and increased in the later rounds," says the document. It should be a wish of the players.
After the resumption of the tennis tour after the Corona break, the prize money was adjusted in favor of the "little ones". That should now apparently at least be reversed.
The plan was posted by Gastao Elias, who is currently 421 in the ATP ranking. The Portuguese was also in 56th place. According to the Serbian newspaper “Blic”, he also writes that this is at least one of the reasons for Djokovic's solo effort. His new tennis union stands for different values. Just a few minutes after it was published, Elias deleted his post.
In fact, Djokovic has long been committed to ensuring that there is more prize money and that this primarily benefits the lower-ranking tennis professionals. But the 33-year-old obviously saw himself outnumbered in the council with this wish.
The quarrel between ATP and Djokovic is about money
Take it from the poor and give it to the rich - according to this motto, the ATP players' council around Roger Federer wants to redistribute the prize money in 2021. The fight for money is one of the reasons why Novak Djokovic is said to have founded his PTPA.
Novak Djokovic apparently had enough of the ATP's monetary policy.
In order to better support poorer professionals, Djokovic founded his players union PTPA.
As the Portuguese Gastao Elias reveals, the current players' council wants to cut the prize money in the qualifications and early rounds so that more can be paid out in the later rounds.
Djokovic doesn't like that. His new tennis union stands for different values, Elias explains in his post, which has now been deleted.
Djokovic has been fighting for a long time so that the worse off players can draw more money from the tournaments.
During the US Open there was a bang between ATP and Novak Djokovic. The Serb has announced that he is stepping down as president of the players 'council and is instead founding his own players' union, the PTPA. The criticism of this step of the world number 1 was huge. And now it becomes clear what the big quarrel is really about: the dear money.
A document was leaked on Twitter that shows the very explosive plans of the ATP and the current players' council for 2021. The council around Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the new President Kevin Anderson have therefore advocated a change in the distribution of the prize money. And the players who already have a lot should benefit from this.
Spielerrat wants to cut prize money for the “little ones” in 2021
"The prize money in the qualification and in the first rounds is to be reduced slightly and increased in the later rounds," says the document. It should be a wish of the players.
After the resumption of the tennis tour after the Corona break, the prize money was adjusted in favor of the "little ones". That should now apparently at least be reversed.
The plan was posted by Gastao Elias, who is currently 421 in the ATP ranking. The Portuguese was also in 56th place. According to the Serbian newspaper “Blic”, he also writes that this is at least one of the reasons for Djokovic's solo effort. His new tennis union stands for different values. Just a few minutes after it was published, Elias deleted his post.
In fact, Djokovic has long been committed to ensuring that there is more prize money and that this primarily benefits the lower-ranking tennis professionals. But the 33-year-old obviously saw himself outnumbered in the council with this wish.
Beim Zoff zwischen ATP und Djokovic gehts um Geld
Nehmt es den Armen und gebt es den Reichen – nach diesem Motto will der ATP-Spielerrat um Roger Federer die Preisgelder 2021 wieder neu umverteilen. Der Kampf ums Geld ist einer der Gründe, weshalb Novak Djokovic seine PTPA gegründet haben soll.
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