Category: Clubs/Leagues

The 3×3 basketball league Unrivaled has smashed records in its inaugural season, setting new standards for salaries and fan engagement. Women’s football is also seeing the emergence of new competitions, like the new 7v7 series, with fewer players on the pitch and different rules. What are the key factors behind their success? And why are fresh ideas and new rules so important for women’s sport? 

Women’s football has been breaking attendance records for years. Some time ago, only the most prestigious teams were able to attract large crowds. Now, even second- and third-tier teams can fill the stands. Is women’s football ready to move into big stadiums permanently?

Chelsea FC is making headlines as the club is able to report a positive balance sheet at the end of the financial year thanks to the sale of its women’s team to the club’s parent company. As a result, the west Londoners complied with the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play rules.

Even though the broadcasting rights for women’s football have risen steadily in recent years, the sums involved are still only a fraction of those paid for the men’s competition. However, the aim is not to reach the level of men’s football, but to establish the true value of women’s football, which experts believe is currently underestimated.

SGS Essen and Turbine Potsdam are the only all-women’s football clubs in the German Bundesliga. These clubs used to exist more often, but currently the big names from the men’s Bundesliga are striving for the top. How can Essen and Potsdam stay in the Bundesliga?

American businesswoman Michele Kang aims to change women’s football business for good, creating the first multi-club group in the game. At OL Féminin, Kang aims to fundamentally change the way of thinking about women’s football, and has pioneered a new business model.