Exploring the unprecedented success and earning potential of a college basketball player breaking records and dominating the game through Name, Image, and Likeness deals, while discussing the influence of her brand sponsorships and the future prospects of emerging talents in the sport.
The biggest star of this year’s March Madness basketball tournament isn’t one of the male players, explains SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell. The Wall Street Journal’s Laine Higgins says that’s great, but women are still somehow fighting for equality in college sports.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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