FIFA Threatens Women’s World Cup Blackout
2 years ago6383 min
According to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Europe’s top football nations face a broadcast blackout for this year’s Women’s World Cup unless media organizations improve their “disappointing” offers for the rights. Offers from the “Big Five” European countries — the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France — were rejected as a “slap in the face” to the players and “all women worldwide,” according to Infantino. “To be very clear, it is our moral and legal...