A collective bargaining agreement for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) includes the elimination of the draft.
Alex Morgan of the San Diego Wave FC is congratulated by NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman after the NWSL Challenge Cup at Red Bull Arena on March 15, 2024, in Harrison, N.J.he National Women’s Soccer League and its players association agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement in July—the termson Thursday— marking a major step forward for player empowerment, especially for female athletes. Wins for players in the U.S.
This CBA process got started at the end of August 2023, when the NWSL sent a letter to the union, asking if the players would be interested in engaging in midterm bargaining . Meghann Burke, executive director of the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association , says the union was all prepped to send a similar letter to the league. The league just beat them to it. , Canada, and Brazil—the three countries with the most NWSL players—were all bounced from the tournament early.
Players were all too happy to rid themselves of the draft. The Western New York Flash selected NWSLPA president Tori Huster in the 2012 draft; after the WPS folded and the NWSL launched the next year, she was selected by the Washington Spirit in the 2013 NWSL supplemental draft. Both experiences created anxiety for Huster.
Commercially, however, drafts have proven to be effective revenue generators for certain sports, fattening the bottom lines of both owners and players.for example, is now a three-day ratings extravaganza that brings in advertising dollars, boosts economies in the cities in which it’s held, and perhaps most important, keeps fans engaged during the offseason—which pays off in bigger audiences for the actual games. The NBA draft finishes second in cache.
“Undeniably, the college industry for football, for basketball, is massive,” Berman tells TIME. “The average American knows who those players are before they even get to the massive event that is the NFL draft. And that was true not just five or 10 years ago, but for 15, 25 years ago. And so from a commercial perspective and the risk-reward, it's worth it to think about building a crown jewel on top of a mansion that has already been built for you. We don't have a mansion.
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