I wish they’d play the same day as the men’s. I’d definitely get to the game a couple of hours early to watch it. Must be doable on some days.
Fair point. I only meant for games at NWHL and I'm not saying that would be every game but just a little something to boost attendance now and then
If you wanted to throw some money at it and maybe get one or two really big names in e.g. Marta, Kerr, Alex Morgan ??? they'd want to be playing at NWHL in front of decent crowds and that's a bit chicken and egg
Indeed if you read my 3 or 4 posts in this thread I suggested getting one of the WC star players in (one of the names was Alex Morgan with three ???s because it was a bit flippant - the equivalent of signing Ronaldo perhaps - a superstar at the end of her career)
Indeed as I also said - it's a bit chicken and egg. Typically in the men's game if you want to crash the party and sign big players (and assuming your bids are acceptable to the selling clubs) that's a question of wages and convincing the players that you are going places.
I don't know if there are FFP type rules in the women's game but in any case you can't magic revenue over 5 year contracts from 1k home crowds. It's also difficult to sell playing home games there. Hence my comments about getting the crowds in this season and selling NWHL as the location for at least a handful of bigger games
Good to hear above that we've signed at least one very decent player
I mean in terms of scale this is bigger. It would be like Ronaldo coming to us!The women team must be so excited. The only transfer I can think of equivalent for the men’s would be Klinsmann.
I mean in terms of scale this is bigger. It would be like Ronaldo coming to us!
I wonder if any of the ITKs or anyone with connections to the club knows how this came about. Who approached her reps, who drove it, etc.
Also wonder if this is part of a wider tie-in for parnership/sponsorship reasons.
Anyone have any info? @Trix maybe? Sorry and feel free to ignore if out of line.
This is a huge thing for fans in this country. Put it together with the Amazon prime series and Tottenham are really in the spotlight in the US
It's not that the standard is poor, it's more that there are huge inequalities in the quality and money/investment between the top teams and the rest. City, Arsenal and Chelsea are among the top teams in the world. Some of the other clubs have only been fully professional for a few years.I still just can't take the womens seriously. Opening womens super league weekend and there's a 9-0 and a 9-1.
I just don't see it as elite. In many other sports the women are elite. Tennis, athletics etc would all see the female elite smash any male non elite player, even a top semi pro.
A semi pro mens footy team would easily compete, if not beat a pro womens team. I just think the standard is really poor.
Don't mean to offend anyone. Just my opinion