Pospisil details male players' fight for more ATP money

Canada's Vasek Pospisil pulled the cover off a behind-the-scenes money fight at the US Open, detailing a petition seeking a prize money boost with significant men's player support.

With reports that up to 100 players have signed the petition and they could look at taking action in their fight for raises, Pospisil on Tuesday said that more than rank and file players back the idea.

"There are a lot of players, a lot. I'll just leave it at that," said Pospisil. "We have big names as well."
"It's just a very gentle, 'Can we come to the negotiation table and can you just explain to us why it has to be a certain way, why it has to be 14 percent?'"
"We don't have legal representation that just solely looks out for the players' best interests. How are you ever going to have fairness? It's business. It's just hard to see guys that are 120, 130 in the world, dedicated their whole lives -- they're incredible athletes, incredible people -- to get to this level. They're getting overlooked, not appreciated. That's just the reality."
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"He pays taxes, pays travel experiences, his coach, hotel, everything. There's more to it than just USD 50,000 or whatever for a first-round loss. Then there's all the qualifying players, as well."