Instead, they hope to transform decades of often painfully incremental gains in women’s athletics into ambitious growth plans that include adding teams, doubling or tripling media rights revenue, and making their players as familiar as their NBA siblings. But Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the rest of the W have set their sights much higher than a mere moment. women’s national soccer team will likely be dominating sports conversations for much of the summer.Īll of which bodes well for the WNBA, which tips off its 27th season on May 19. And it’s a Women’s World Cup year, meaning the U.S. The National Women’s Soccer League is setting attendance records and now has its championship game on prime-time network TV. The NCAA women’s basketball championship game in April attracted a whopping 9.9 million viewers - 74% higher than the previous record, set in 2002.
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