"Venus and Serena are not sharing in the revenues packages that the WTA is collecting because of them," Richard Williams said. "It's very unfair, and something should be done. I should share in that package too."
Williams' remarks came in the wake of complaints last week by Tiger Woods about marketing rights. Woods didn't rule out leaving the PGA Tour if the issue isn't resolved.
Williams said he wants an equal partnership with the WTA. If the issue isn't addressed soon, he said, his daughters might skip tournaments they would otherwise play.
Williams said his family -- himself included -- deserves a share of television and other revenue. He plans to discuss his complaints in the next couple of weeks with McGuire.
"We're talking about millions of dollars," Williams said. "We're talking about a ton of money. But I don't think we should look at from a money standpoint, but from an equal partnership standpoint."
Williams said he tried to discuss the subject with McGuire at the U.S. Open in September.
"I don't think he quite understood what I was talking about," Williams said. "He tried to change the subject. He ignored it."
Williams said Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport, ranked Nos. 1 and 2, aren't a factor in the rising popularity of women's tennis. Instead the credit should go to Venus, Serena and Anna Kournikova, he said.
"If you take them away, tennis would die and go back to where it once was," he said. "Nos. 1 and 2 bring nothing to the game
"If you take them away, tennis would die and go back to where it once was," he said. "Nos. 1 and 2 bring nothing to the game.
I'm a Lindsay fan, but as much as I admire her, even her sponsor, Nike, would say this girl doesn't sell anything. Hingis' sponsors would say the same thing."
Fellas is a MAJOR asshole! Does he realize where his girls would be if it wasn't for the WTA? I didn't think it was a player's responsibility to sell
anything! I despise people who are always looking for a f*ckin' handout! Does this sorrry SOB realize that women's tennis is what put all that damn money in his pocket? Guess it all boils down to one word and one word only:
GREED
