Women's Soccer Drew 53,000 Fans. So Men Banned It for 50 Years
Sex toys thrown onto WNBA courts. A WNBA Finals game shoved to 12:30 on a weekday so a men's regular-season game keeps prime time. Women's soccer banned in England for 50 years after 53,000 fans showed up. In this solo deep dive I walk through the history and the numbers behind women's sports — and why the backlash always shows up right when women start winning.
We get into:
• Women's sports by the numbers: revenue up 340% in four years, a record 3.1 million WNBA fans, and a $2.2B media deal
• Why the WNBA Finals got bumped for an Atlanta Hawks regular-season game
• 1920: 53,000 fans at a…
The skinny
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