Soccer Legend Megan Rapinoe Says Surge in Women’s Sports Is Still Met With Resistance: ‘The Goalpost Is Moving’ | Video

TheGrill 2024: Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Nastia Liukin talk translating their on-the-field success to building a more “balanced” media ecosystem for female athletes


While viewership for women’s sports has seen double — if not triple — digit percentage increases in the past year, legends Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe say they’ve still been met with industry resistance despite the gained traction.

“We’ve all fought and clawed for so long to prove our value, saying we’re worth investing in … We were trying to tell people we had value, now we actually have the data — We actually have the numbers to prove it,” WNBA Champion Bird said at the “Second Half Champions: Women Redefining Success in Sports and Business presented by City National Bank” panel at TheWrap’s

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