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Tennis star Martina Navratilova has claimed she gets paid a mere tenth of John McEnroe's salary for her work as a commentator at Wimbledon.
Speaking on BBC Panorama, the Czech tennis champion—who's considered among the best female tennis players of all time— revealed that she gets paid about £15K ($21K) for her role as a Wimbledon commentator, while John McEnroe earns £150K ($209K) for the same work.
Navratilova said it was "a shock" to discover the difference in earnings. "Unless John McEnroe's doing a whole bunch of stuff outside Wimbledon, he's getting at least ten times as much money than I am for very comparable work," Navratilova said. Read more...
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