Fiona Crawley is a name that is probably not (yet) known to the most die-hard tennis fans. The American played her way into the international limelight at the US Open. She made it into the main draw of the tournament with two dramatic wins.
In the first round it was over for the 21-year-old number 729 in the world rankings: She clearly lost to the former world number eleven Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. But reaching the first round is also worthwhile financially: Crawley receives prize money of 81,500 dollars – at least in theory.
“I would never accept the money,” says the US tennis champion. Because that would jeopardize her college credentials.
But she is not satisfied with that: “I ripped my butt open here. It seems unreal to me that football players are making millions from NIL deals and I can’t take the hard-earned money.” It’s terrible, she can’t talk about it.
Football and basketball players can make money with their name and image. Certain college athletes make over $3 million doing it. Fiona Crawley, the college tennis player of the year, on the other hand, has to do without a comparatively measly $81,500 in earned money.
2023-09-06 10:49:00
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