Just to know...how do these fees work? Do the players actually ASK for them? Or...do tournament officials contact the players and offers a fee? Is it negotiable? Are these fees included in....the disclosed "earnings" for the players? Despite all top tenners getting these fees...it is still a slap in the face to lower ranked players and still....some of them won't command the fees that others do. I doubt A-Rad will ever earn more in fees than Sharapova will even through Aga may be ranked higher...Justine just came back on tour and is already asking for fees to the tune of 200,000? How can that not bother the 10-20 ranked players who have to work their arses off to get where they are and probably get nothing in fees? It just blows my mind to see these things as....common and accepted. Sponsorship deals, tour winnings, lecture fees and charity work...and now...appearence fees? Roger sounds like a freaking corporation. I must be kidding myself to think that these are just tennis players and the tennis is important to them