Considering these numbers side by side, one can see how astronomically barring the NFL ownership rules are for female ownership consideration. Thus, ownership in professional sports teams has historically gone to people who checked three boxes: rich, white and male. WNBA teams the Seattle Storm and Atlanta Dream represent the only two (out of 12) teams with at least partial female ownership. The club was originally founded by three female co-founders, and of the 41 named investors, 30 of them are female. While this progress is inspiring, it’s impossible to overlook the fact that we are able to find fewer than five examples of majority female ownership in professional sports.

Source: Forbes May 29, 2023 03:54 UTC