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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Also also, I get that the crowd just wants more tennis but the camera shots make it seem like the audience is primarily hedge fund bros who just got denied access to a hip new restaurant

aug 25, 2025, 1:16 pm • 19 0

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Yes I've been exploring how players get gear and trying to learn more about the business and logistics of sponsorships and wow www.espn.com/tennis/story...

Screenshot of article that reads: Vicky Duval, who ended the 2022 season ranked at No. 413, has had such agreements with Head and Oakley since her junior days. She formerly had an unpaid partnership with Asics and remains devoted to its sneakers, but that ended when the brand said it no longer had the budget to do so. Instead, another player with an Asics contract and the same shoe size -- whom Duval declined to name for fear of getting her in trouble -- regularly gives Duval some of her sneakers and other gear.
aug 25, 2025, 3:05 pm • 5 2 • view
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Ah this article gets much closer to what I was trying to understand about the structure of money flows in tennis www.forbes.com/sites/timnew...

aug 25, 2025, 3:25 pm • 5 0 • view