The women's basketball league founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, set to take place in the WNBA offseason, has drawn sports and media investors.
Unrivaled, the new pro women's basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, has closed a round of funding from sports and media investors.
Unrivaled, the pro women's basketball league founded last year by New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart and Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier of the WNBA, said Thursday that it had closed on a seed funding round ahead of its January launch. The league — which will run in the months before the WNBA season and work in a new format — aims to offer athletes another option to play basketball in the U.S. during the offseason, as well as help boost salaries for pro women basketball players.
"So it's shorter, but that really allows you to have that space for athletes to showcase their skills and go head to head every night and not have those extra four players on the court to kind of bog you down," Collier said.New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart and Las Vegas Aces forward Alysha Clark in action during game 4 of the 2023 WNBA Finals between Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty on October 18, 2023, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
"Part of the vision of this agency was to get involved in women's sports, and grow women's sports and put our money where our mouth is," Levy said. The league also plans to line up sponsorship opportunities, which Levy's HS&E will also be involved in. Bazzell said a few brands have already committed to Unrivaled, but announcements are to be made at a later date.Caitlin Clark poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected first overall pick by the Indiana Fever during the 2024 WNBA Draft.Unrivaled comes at a time when interest in women's sports has been growing — from viewership to investments.
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