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And we are looking forward to working with Ralph and Chris as we finalise our plans for the future of the professional game with our partners at The RFU, RPA and other key rugby stakeholders. During her career, Karen Carney achieved 144 caps for England and represented Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games. She enjoyed a club career for Arsenal, Chicago Red Stars, Birmingham City and Chelsea. She is now a respected voice on both mens and women’s football and works as a broadcaster and columnist for the Guardian, ITV Sport and Sky Sports, as well as her role as a sponsorship consultant for Visa. Following the recent failures of several clubs and the wider challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, rugby union has a unique opportunity to reshape its future strategic financial and sporting direction.

This review therefore makes largely principles-based recommendations on the future commercial models for the top 2 tiers of the women’s game. The professionalisation of the game is a priority, and all clubs must ensure that all players and staff are able to operate in the highest standard of environment possible. Introducing enhanced minimum standards will ensure that the women’s game in England can attract the most talented individuals (both playing and non-playing staff), and enable the quality of the on-pitch product to continually improve. Jones, former global lead partner of sport business at Deloitte, will examine the commercial and financial model of the women's professional club game. The ban was lifted in 1971, with the FA taking on the administration of the women’s game from 1994, but the legacy of that ban has meant the women’s game is still at a relatively nascent stage - the Women’s Super League only became a fully professional league for the first time in 2018. This is a challenging time for rugby union and Ralph and Chris have agreed to utilise their experience to help the game develop a clear path for the future.

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For this review, it was important to me to get the advice and support of experts across various fields, from sport to business," said Carney. "So I'm really pleased that Hope, Ian, Jane, Brett, Dan and Lisa have come on board. Low-budget indie games tend to be some of the most creative around, assuming they aren't just flipping assets poorly in Unity. Without the budget to dazzle the audience with beautiful graphics, they instead need to focus on something else to stand out. These restrictions can lead to some very creative premises. Let's look at The Professional. Carney has spent the last six months gathering evidence and today’s appointment of a panel of football and commercial experts will help shape the recommendations her review will make to the government. The review is expected to be published in the summer.

The FA has decided that the Women’s Super League and Championship should move from being fully integrated in the FA to a fully independent club owned entity via a ‘NewCo’ - a new entity established to enable that transition.

There are, however, gaps below this - throughout the elite game and throughout the rest of the women’s football pyramid.

On July 5 2017, Professional uploaded a video on how a player DDoSed him in GTA Online, the person who DDoSed him was named Ascended-Big. Bow highlighted that “neither the Championship nor any of its representatives have signed the letter” which was submitted by almost half of RFU council members outlining concerns over the leadership of Sweeney and Ilube but that his understanding of the letter was to call “for an explanation of the motives behind the actions of the Executive and for the type of transparency and accountability that is expected of a representative body such as the RFU”. This review has enabled us to get a comprehensive understanding of the state of the game, and how we can capitalise on the current momentum. The RFU Executive has dictated the timing of any rebellion... by attempting to push through a new eight-year Professional Game Partnership - in league with Premiership Rugby - that would reform the professional game precisely as they want, but not as Championship clubs, nor the bulk of the community game in leagues below tier two, desire. In March, the Government announced that it was setting out new standards for equal access to sports, making it clear that girls and boys should be offered the same sports during PE and extracurricular time in schools.I’m a passionate supporter of women’s football from grassroots club to international level. I’m delighted to be working with Karen to try and put the right strategies and structures in place financially and commercially to give women’s football the best chance to reach its full potential.

ensures that key decisions are made by the member clubs, but with decision-making structures containing meaningful independent voice Former professional footballer turned pundit Ian Wright and former Lionesses head coach Hope Powell to advise Carney on next stage of review Following the Lionesses’ unforgettable success in 2022 and as we look ahead to the World Cup, it is clear that domestic women’s football has reached a defining moment. I am delighted to have been asked by the government to support the work of the RFU and the PRL to seek the best solutions to help secure a better, more sustainable long-term future for rugby union. Now is the right time to plan for the future and allow the new leadership team to build on the strong foundations that we have in place."

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The Index will provide professional football clubs with support to achieve their commitment of improving the diversity of their coaching staff, which aligns to initiatives already under way as part of the Premier League's No Room For Racism Action Plan and The FA's Leadership Diversity Code. Playing football was always a dream for me. I couldn’t have done that without the support of my family, friends and teammates and I’d also like to thank them for supporting me in this project. As always, we need a huge team effort to keep driving the sport forward. Women’s football is at a turning point, and we have a huge opportunity to establish a path on which it can reach new heights and lead the world. That opportunity is slowly being realised, but now is the time to grasp it fully and push the sport to the next level. Professional clubs and football partners involved in the creation of the Index will be able to use the platform to alert registered coaches to opportunities. The new standalone company tasked with running the Women’s Super League (WSL) and Women’s Championship, NewCo, should not settle for anything less than world leading standards for players, fans, staff and everybody involved in the women’s game.