A great way to support the USWNT is to support NWSL

A great way to support the USWNT is to support NWSL
by spade (2020-05-05 15:58:13)
Edited on 2020-05-05 16:01:40

In reply to: Was reading notes on the USWNT vs US Soccer case posted by wcnitz

This isn't related exactly to the post at hand, but it's a great way to agree with the ruling and still help out the WNT and the League.

Considering the NWSL operates on a shoestring budget and could likely play less than half their projected games, supporting and attending any of the games they do play this year could give a lifeline to women's soccer in this country.

Most players are right out of college and earn much less than a bad bartending job would pay, but they choose to play soccer nonetheless. If these leagues collapse or the league minimum players say F-it and new women don't choose to play soccer after college, women's soccer here and around the world will go back into the Stone Age.

Go watch at game if you can, and buy a club team jersey if you can't!

A nit

"women's soccer here and around the world will go back into the Stone Age."

I disagree with the bolded part. The viable options for women outside the US have grown, and may have already surpassed the NWSL. The European women's club teams will continue to exist, regardless of what's going on here. Given the resources and investment at those clubs in women's soccer, it's not going to be long until the best and brightest play in Europe for Arsenal, Chelsea, City, PSG, Lyon, Barca, etc, who all have excellent women's programs, and have more money to invest in them than anyone in the US.

I don't think the fate of women's soccer is tied to the US anymore.

My post was also about global women's leagues surviving

I 100% agree with you that European women's football doesn't need the US or NWSL anymore. That's true, but those leagues are on a shoestring budget as well.

Arsenal, Chelsea, and PSG have women's clubs and perhaps the men's players on those big squads may help by donating wages to help support the women's organizations. But their Womens Super League competition needs to survive too and Birmingham City and Brighton women's teams may face stiffer challenges. Their men's teams will need revenue and perhaps at the expense of their ladies clubs.

Hell, if anyone is a European club fan and their club has a women's team, buy that jersey to support your club too! = D

excellent idea *