The Big Take: Women's Pro Tackle Football Takes The Field
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🗓️ 21 May 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today we're bringing you an episode of Bloomberg News' daily podcast, The Big Take.
Bloomberg Businessweek contributor Mary Pilon joins host Wes Kosova this episode to talk about the promise–and challenges–of building a fanbase for the Women's Football Alliance, an all-female, full-contact league that has 60 teams in four divisions across 32 states. And we head to a nighttime practice of the DC Divas, to hear from the players and coaches about why they love the game and what it means for women to play tackle football.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the One A Podcast where we get to the heart of the story. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm Jen White and today we've got something special for you. |
| 0:15.6 | We collaborate with our friends at Bloomberg News to bring you the Life and Dead series |
| 0:20.2 | and we covered everything from the federal debt ceiling, medical debt credit cards and |
| 0:24.8 | the impact of student loans. |
| 0:26.9 | Today we're bringing you an episode of Bloomberg's Daily Podcast, The Big Take, with host Wes |
| 0:32.6 | Kosova. |
| 0:34.0 | This episode focuses on the promise and challenges of building a fan base for the women's football |
| 0:38.8 | alliance. |
| 0:39.8 | That's an all-female full contact league that has 60 teams in four divisions across 32 |
| 0:45.5 | states. |
| 0:46.5 | We'll hear from players and coaches. |
| 0:47.5 | They'll tell us what they love about the game and what it means for women to play tackle |
| 0:51.7 | football. |
| 0:52.7 | We'll let Wes take it from here. |
| 0:57.9 | When a loss we take it, it's tough when you lose of course and you learn from it but |
| 1:04.0 | it's more than football. |
| 1:05.1 | It's really family. |
| 1:06.1 | Like I know people for three years now and these are my best friends and my sisters. |
| 1:09.8 | They got my back and we do it because we happy. |
| 1:15.4 | These players come from all walks of life. |
| 1:17.4 | They're nurses, they're teachers, they are coaches. |
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