EMERGENCY POD: The NWSL Gets a HIP Replacement???

Expected Own Goals · May 13, 2026 · 13m

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RIP High Impact Player rule, we hardly knew ye! According to a report from Flo Lloyd Hughes, the NWSL is doing away with the HIP rule as we once knew it, and will reportedly allow each team to spend that $1 million on whomever they like. Looks like somebody didn't realize Sam Kerr might want to come back to the States! The guys muse on what we know about the situation (very little), what we don't (quite a lot), and what it might…