Those in charge of the Women’s Super League plan on making it the first billion-pound women’s football league in the world
Speaking ahead of the new WSL season, which kicks-off on 1 October, Airey, said the intention is to hit that revenue target within a decade. “The whole of women’s sport globally [generates] a billion dollars in revenues, from sponsorship and gates, a billion dollars in revenue globally. Men’s sport gets half a trillion.
The running of the WSL and Championship will slowly be shifted from the Football Association to the clubs as part of the next stage in the development of the domestic women’s game, with a new company – NewCo - being set up to run the two leagues independently of the governing body. The ambition is to hand over the top-two divisions to the NewCo by the end of the year, giving the new body time to settle in ahead of the 2024-25 season.
The FA’s director of women’s football, Sue Campbell, has been keen to stress that the WSL and Championship are not being separated. There are “two leagues in our structure, two leagues that will benefit from any income coming in”, she said. “One of the big discussions we’re having is what percentage of income is guaranteed to the Championship so that it thrives and grows. We want to sort that now, we don’t want arguments 10 years down the line.
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