Jenny Mitton, head of M&C Saatchi's Sport and Entertainment department, which has been tasked with the heavy responsibility of PR and publicity for this year's tournament, noted.
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Sport has undergone a radical transformation in England in recent years. In the five years since women's soccer in England went professional, a 56-year-long dream of England fans has been realized, and now the
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It has become a topic of national debate.
Intense women's football matches bring up to £54 million in economic benefits to host cities, including remote areas. At the same time, there is widespread recognition of the huge business opportunities behind women's sporting events, which will not only inspire more women to take up soccer, but also increase the commercial value of current players.
Despite the fact that England women's soccer is leading the way in terms of professionalism, there is still a significant income gap between players. According to the BBC, England women's soccer right back Lucy Bronze can earn up to £200,000 per year, while she has also signed endorsements with brands such as Pepsi, EE Telecom and VISA. Norwegian player Hagberg has also signed a multi-million euro sponsorship deal with Nike for 2020. However, and this is only a minority phenomenon, the
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With the average Premier League wage at just £30,000, there is still room for most players to improve their earnings.
Jenny Mitton says the situation will soon improve. The triumph of women's soccer in England has attracted the attention of sponsors who are gearing up for the big brands. Brokers will play a key role in proving the value of women's soccer events as an investment for sponsors with solid data. Women's footballers rarely have negative press compared to their male counterparts, which can be very beneficial to sponsors and can have a positive impact on brands.
There are 13 global partners for Women's Football Euro 2022, including brands such as Heineken, Adidas, VISA, Volkswagen and Hublot. However, according to a survey by Onside Consulting, only 46% of UK adults can name the brands sponsoring women's sport. As a result, Onside believes that these brands are not yet fully committed to the women's sports market, as they believe that women's sports are not attracting widespread attention.
But after this year's Women's Soccer Euro, things will be different. Jenny Mitton believes that after witnessing the success of this year's Euros, sponsors of all stripes will take a fresh look at women's sport and make changes to their sponsorship strategies.
Of note is Barclays' partnership with the Women's Football Premier League. Following the professionalization of women's soccer in England, Barclays quickly signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the Women's Football Premier League. In a contract renewed by both parties for 2021, Barclays will invest £30 million in women's soccer over the next three years, supporting girls' soccer in schools in 12,000 schools. The Premier League will also extend its target further, with 20,000 schools expected to be supported to play girls' soccer by 2024.
How to continue the good momentum brought by the Women's Soccer Euro 2022 has also become key for the future.
Fans willing to watch women's soccer matches are already looking forward to the new season. According to market research firm Ipsos, 44% of the British public and 64% of soccer fans said they were more interested in watching women's soccer after the Women's Soccer Europa League, with the new Women's Soccer Premier League season certainly emerging as the biggest winner. According to the Women's Sport Trust (WST), the Women's Football Premier League has contributed significantly to a 140% year-on-year increase in viewership of women's sport in the UK in the first half of 2022.
The 2022-23 English Women's Premier League season kicks off on September 9, the second year of the Women's Premier League's rights partnership with Sky Sports and the BBC. The two sides signed a three-year deal for 2021, which will see Sky Sports pay £10 million per season for the rights, up to a maximum of £15 million.
The Women's Football Premier League has been given a televised opportunity and all they have to do now is to continue the excitement of the Women's Football Europa League.
In the past, it has always been a challenge to keep event viewers tuned in after a major sporting event, but today the Women's Premier League has attracted more and more talented players from all over the world, and is perfectly placed to deal with these issues.
In 2017, Dutch striker Viviane Miedema, who got the Golden Boot in the Women's Football Champions League, moved from Bayern Munich to Arsenal. During her five years at the Arsenal, Miedema not only helped the team win the league title, but was also named in the FIFA Team of the Year for two consecutive years. Dutch women's soccer debuted at the 2019 World Cup finals, reintroducing the world to Dutch soccer and the women's soccer superstars they have.
In 2020, Sam Kyle, who shined in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and won multiple MVP and Golden Boot awards, joined Chelsea. With her help, Chelsea has won the league title for three consecutive seasons and has won the FA Cup and League Cup back-to-back the past two seasons. Kyle hails from Australia, which is one of nine countries in the world with 100,000 female soccer players, according to FIFA's report on the development of the women's game in 2019, and there may be more Aussie players in the women's soccer Premier League in the future.
Going to the Women's Premier League is also becoming a destination for East Asian players to stay abroad. As early as 2014, South Korean women's midfielder Ji Xiaoran joined Chelsea, scoring 68 goals in 210 games over nine seasons.In 2020, Women's World Cup winner Mana Iwabuchi joined Aston Villa and moved to Arsenal at the end of the season.In 2021, Chinese international Tang Jiali joined Tottenham Hotspur on loan, and Wang Frost has expressed her desire to play in the Premier League. Premier League to play soccer.
With the construction of the Women's Football Premier League continuing to improve, coupled with the attention brought by the Women's Football Europa League, the FA has come up with its own plan to continue to increase the attendance of the Women's Football Premier League over the next few years, aiming for an average of 6,000 spectators per game by 2024.
Women's Soccer Euro 2022 has come to an end, but the story belonging to the women's game has just begun.
