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00:00 How about the NWSL?
00:05 They said goodbye to Megan Rapinoe, but more importantly, and she had a great career for
00:10 sure, but they got a deal with ESPN and CBS and Amazon.
00:15 Amazon, CBS and some of the other networks as well.
00:19 Apple.
00:20 But remember, no, the Apple deal applies to the MLS.
00:23 The women's soccer deal is maybe 10 times the million and a half dollars they got as
00:29 an exclusive from CBS just to get started.
00:32 But here's the thing.
00:33 They're really looking at the rights fees as a combination of major dollars.
00:38 It's going to expire in four years.
00:39 So they set the deal cleverly as a four year deal to respond and expire at the end of the
00:46 2027 World Cup.
00:48 So they start the cycle all over again.
00:50 I think it's amazing for the women in the World Cup that they ended up getting this
00:53 bonanza after the team didn't perform so well this last time around.
00:59 (bells chiming)