it was very impressive. 0k. it comes forward it was very impressive. ok. it comes forward and backwards. look at that, very impressive. thank you, girls. thank you, girls. that was fantastic. thank you, girls. that was fantastic, you ve - thank you, girls. that was fantastic, you ve got i thank you, girls. that was j fantastic, you ve got some pretty terrific analysis and we should get those girls are a tv contract. thank you for your reporting from the world cup. good to talk to you. that is our show at this hour, thank you for watching bbc news. we will be back at the top of the next hour with an update on your headlines. stay with us. hello there. generally, over the next few days, it s going to be a mixture of sunshine, but also some showers. over the last 24 hours, we have seen quite muggy air heading our way from the atlantic. it s brought with it a lot of cloud, had some rain around as well.
primary fight not because they want to be president, but because they have an issue or they want to sell a book or they want a fat tv contract. what is your assessment of the christie campaign, his purpose for getting in the race? is it focused on being coming president or taking down donald trump? all those things that you mentioned, tv contract, ego, i remember vividly being on the convention floor in tampa in 2012 and chris christie was at his height of his popularity back then. he was a rock star. people were literally crowded around him, not just media, but everybody. and his moment kind of came and went. things didn t work for out for him. he didn t do very well in the 2016 primary. i think that he is just trying to recapture some of that. anybody who looked at it objectively would say you don t have the funding, you don t have the reach, you don t necessarily have a winning message.
basketball tournament has been around for four decades but the ncaa has long treated it as something of an afterthought. for instance, the tv contract for the men s tournament was worth 1. 1 billion dollars a year. but the ncaa values broadcast for the women, look at that little line, about $6 million a year. joining me now as hall of fame coach muffet mcgraw who won two national titles for notre dame during her 33 years leading the irish. coach, thanks for coming in. my pleasure. i think that most people will be surprised, i know i was, to find out that women were not allowed to use the march madness branding until last year. 2022 was the first time you could call your tournament march madness and it cost the ncaa assent. why did it take so long? that is one of the things you saw with the debacle you talked about a few years ago and men s and women s
this is the wnba commissioner this morning saying, she hopes gs are getting better, but not there yet. listen. we re never going to say they can t play in other leagues in our off-season. but we re focused on driving higher pay for sure, driving opportunities to pay the players and to get them better benefits but we need the whole sports ecosystem to step up here. we re chipping away at it. rome wasn t built in a day. is that environment getting better in terms of the popularity of the league certainly getting better. the tv contract is a little better than it was a few years ago. endorsement deals seem to be getting better or do you still see pressure, what if a call came to yourself, would you play in russia at this moment or is that off the table? i know i personally wouldn t play in russia, however, there are currently wnba players playing overseas at this moment throughout europe and i think the reality is that this is a
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