NIL | SEW Sports Equality for Women

Teen soccer sisters stack up mogul-like résumé: USWNT, movie cameo, now a tech investment

by admin | Mar 8, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Taking the traditional path has never much interested Alyssa and Gisele Thompson. They were the first high school athletes to sign an NIL deal with Nike. Alyssa was the first high schooler to be the No. 1 pick in the NWSL draft, by Angel City FC, while Gisele signed...

How Caitlin Clark pulled the boldest NIL deal in women’s basketball

by admin | Mar 8, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Caitlin Clark’s latest NIL deal is with Gainbridge, and if that sounds logical – if that sounds almost like: Duh – you’re not wrong. But you’re not right, either. Clark is the all-time NCAA scoring leader for the Iowa Hawkeyes, which you probably know. She’s...

U.S. soccer phenom Whitham, 13, youngest to ink Nike NIL deal

by admin | Feb 20, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Nike has signed 13-year-old soccer phenom McKenna “Mak” Whitham to a name, image and likeness deal. Whitham becomes the youngest women’s soccer player and youngest athlete in any sport to sign an NIL deal with Nike. “It means everything to...

WNBA, NIL, and Final Four Predictions With Arielle Chambers

by admin | Jan 31, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Bakari Sellers is joined by multimedia journalist Arielle Chambers to discuss founding Bleacher Report’s women’s platform, HighlightHER (4:58), check in on the WNBA offseason (6:47), and talk about how NIL and the transfer portal has impacted women’s sports (10:44)....

Naomi Osaka Signs Five College Athletes to NIL Deals

by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Naomi Osaka is the latest professional athlete to invest in the college sports name, image, and likeness space. The star has signed five college athletes from multiple sports to promote her suncare brand KINLÒ, which was created specifically for melanin-rich skin....

Nike signs sister soccer players to company’s first high school name, image and likeness deal

by admin | May 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Nike signed its first high school athletes to a name, image and likeness deal as soccer players, and sisters, Alyssa and Gisele Thompson were signed by the brand. Alyssa is a junior and Gisele a sophomore at Harvard-Westlake high school in Los Angeles, and both inked...

As college athletes cash in, women’s basketball players capitalize

by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

For decades, female athletes have had to fight for recognition and resources, and while that’s still obviously an ongoing struggle, women college athletes in particular have made some strides recently thanks to the NCAA’s new rule allowing student-athletes to profit...