Thread: Here we go, Richard Williams pulls the race card out !
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Old 03-22-2008, 09:32 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Braincase View Post
It was a manufactured event capitalizing on the context of the day. The Equal Rights Amendment was a hot topic, as was Rowe v. Wade, and the NOW had some pull. Bobby Riggs was playing the part o the chauvinist pig, which seemed a pretty natural role for him, and Billy Jean King was starting the downward slide of her career as a tennis champion playing closeted lesbian that earned a whole lot less playing the same game that the boys played. Tennis was one of the first sports to start equalizing payouts (I think the men still get more), but the differential is still there IIRC.

BTW, Bobby Riggs got his ass kicked.
Bobby Riggs was also 102 yrs old.
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