Amit Ghosh wrote:

On Nov 29, 8:24*am, MagillaGorilla wrote:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1155-Cycli...1d25-Womens-Pr...

Read this article and then read the comment at the bottom by "J Fun"
that points out Nature Valley GP offers the women only half the prize
money as the men, and the women also only get 1/4 of the men's TV
coverage.

Nice bitch slap to Dave LaPorte.

dumbass,

a racer (or not even perhaps) whines about something at a bike race
and you call that a bitch slap ?

the organizer is the party that generates the revenue, pays the
expenses and pays out the prize purse, and also takes on any financial
risk. so, ultimately any choices about the entry fee or the purse are
the organizers - with the concession that he has to meet the
conditions for the sanction he wants the race held under.

offering the women a tiny purse isn't going to make people think
you're a nice guy and it's bad PR, but a lot of business decisions
aren't going to make a person look like a nice guy, so the organizer
shouldn't feel compelled to justify his decision.

The problem is "LaPorta Potty" wrote an email to the author of the original
article bragging about how the Nature Valley Girl race was a "model" to
emulate for all women's races. But then a few posters pointed out that he
only offers women half the prize money! That, my friend, is a bitch-slap.

Basically, LaPorta Potty was caught with his pants down by his ankles and
someone opened the plastic door on him. And everyone is now left with that
image.

LaPorta Potty was also trying to argue - after the unequal prize money
disparity was brought to light - that it was okay to do that because the
"women" asked for it in exchange for a lower entry fee. But what the posters
also pointed out was that it wasn't the WOMEN RACERS that asked for the lower
entry fee and prize money, but rather the TEAM MANAGERS. Those ae two
totally different entities with conflicting interests.

In fact, no woman racer asked for their prize money to be cut in half. But
LaPorta Potty tried to make it sound like they did and that he was doing them
a favor by cutting their prize money in half. In fact, he was harming women
cyclists by doing that and going against the will of 100% of the women
racers.

He also made ridiculous statements that team managers represent the interests
of women cyclists. That's like saying corporations represent the Teamsters
union. It's a ****ing joke.

Is this guy really a professor?

Magilla