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Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast

The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association

Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast

NFL Business

Sports News, News

4.8607 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Andrew talks with Hilary Knight and Jocelyne Lamoureaux, two of the top women's hockey players, about their decision to leave the NWHL (with over 200 players) and form the Professional Women's Hockey Player's Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Contracts, salary caps.

0:02.6

Why do our favorite teams make some of the moves they do?

0:05.5

It's usually the money.

0:07.8

It's time for the Business of Sports with Andrew Brand.

0:13.1

Hey there, boys and girls.

0:14.4

Welcome to another edition of the Business of Sports with Andrew Brand.

0:17.5

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0:34.3

Betonline.ag special business of sports podcasts, moving outside the world of the NFL, moving outside of the world of men's sports into a sport I never talk about.

0:44.7

But I am this week because such a story, the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, is being formed by the women largely from the 2018 gold medal Olympic team, and they are going outside the box here.

1:00.1

They're forming their own league and turning their back on the National Women's Hockey League.

1:04.9

In the States, the Canadian version has shuttered.

1:08.3

We're going to hear from Hillary Knight and Justin Lamarrow, two of the stars

1:11.9

in women's hockey, really talk about what's going on here. And as you remember, I had an

1:17.3

earlier podcast two years ago when they boycotted the women's hockey world championships

1:24.4

in 2016. So this continues efforts by this league and these players to sort

1:30.3

of sacrifice for the greater good. You'll hear them in a moment. First, my ran of the week,

1:35.1

back to the NFL. News this week that NFL has formed a couple committees to talk about pain

1:41.7

management and mental health. On the mental health side quickly, yes, of course, that's good.

1:47.6

We've been getting out of this feeling that depression is something to hide.

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