Investors give NWSL the financing it deserves to develop league December 11, 2020 — 10:41pm Text size Copy shortlink: To write the history of women's sports in America is to write about leagues that have struggled to attract financial support. Now that the NWSL is beginning to attract well-off investors, though, perhaps the tide is turning for women's soccer in the United States. Usually, the story goes only one direction: Owners cut their losses. Sponsors pass on getting involved. TV networks turn up their noses. In men's sports, ...