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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rat, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news.

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Speaker 1: Taking a look around the grounds. This week, the legendary

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Speaker 1: Meg Lanning retires from international cricket, the AFLW finals are

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Speaker 1: heating up, and the Para Matilda's claim victory in the

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Speaker 1: IFCPF Asia Oceania Championships.

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Speaker 2: For the key story will discuss.

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Speaker 1: The new collective bargaining agreement they could see top Matilda's

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Speaker 1: receiving up to two hundred grand a year for national duties.

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Speaker 1: My special guest co hosts for the week. Who's covering

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Speaker 1: for Bez who's having a lovely time over in the

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Speaker 1: US and Mexico, Ellie Cole. Her eyes are lighting up

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Speaker 1: at that news about.

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Speaker 2: But I was more just thinking that Bez is in

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Speaker 2: the US and I'm just here in Sydney.

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Speaker 1: I know your eyes like you just like wandered away

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Speaker 1: to another planet. Then for a second, well he's just

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Speaker 1: wondering what Mexico was like for Bez. I'm getting a

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Speaker 1: lot of pictures of really delicious looking food, a lot

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Speaker 1: of tacos in tequila, some scorpion crispy scorpions that they

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Speaker 1: were eating. That made me quite nervous.

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Speaker 2: I saw her partner had a scorpion on her tongue.

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Speaker 2: She's been in Mexico for all of thirty seconds. Would

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Speaker 2: you put a scorpion on your tongue.

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Speaker 1: I get a little bit scared about that stuff, like

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Speaker 1: anything creepy Crawley, even if it's deep pride, I'd be

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Speaker 1: a bit nervous. But there's also a big part of

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Speaker 1: me that I'm all about trying something for the first time.

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Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, I feel like you've got to you

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Speaker 2: just have to do it. I would do it.

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Speaker 1: She also sent videos of being very up close and

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Speaker 1: personal with Adele, like Adele was like walking down down

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Speaker 1: the aisle, like they could have.

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Speaker 2: Literally reached out and touched her. Beautiful. I had an

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Speaker 2: experience like that once with Selene Dion. Oh, tell me

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Speaker 2: about it. Well. I went to a concert. I was

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Speaker 2: the only person there under the age of I'm an

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Speaker 2: age and you're the only person out. It was just

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Speaker 2: a one on one show. But I had disability parking,

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Speaker 2: that was driving out at the venue. Yeah, and Selene

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Speaker 2: Dion's car like cut me off and she was hanging

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Speaker 2: out the window. And I said to my partner, I

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Speaker 2: was like, Selene Dion is like three meters in front

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Speaker 2: of us right now. Amazed. She was hanging out the window, singing,

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Speaker 2: still going post concert. She was having the time of

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Speaker 2: her life. I feel it's a very sweet thing to do.

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Speaker 2: That's how I picture her. She's great. Anyway, let's get

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Speaker 2: into some sport. Let's do that. Let's take a look

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Speaker 2: around the grounds.

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Speaker 1: It was the first week of AFLW finals this weekend

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Speaker 1: and some pretty massive matches actually. So we saw North

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Speaker 1: Melbourne break a six game losing streak against Melbourne Demon's

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Speaker 1: rating premiers. They dominated, which was really quite surprising. They

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Speaker 1: had a forty one point win in a qualifying final

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Speaker 1: at Icon Park.

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Speaker 2: The final score was seven.

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Speaker 1: Goals eight fifty to one goal three nine, showcasing how

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Speaker 2: That was.

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Speaker 1: The third quarter was really the turning point for the Ruse.

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Speaker 1: They outscored Melbourne three goals to one behind and kind

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Speaker 1: of solidified that lead. Talia Randall had three goals for

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Speaker 1: North Jazz Ghana was outstanding. She was again voted the

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Speaker 1: Player of the Year by the coaches. Recently for AFLW,

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Speaker 1: she had twenty five disposals, twelve tackles and three clearances.

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Speaker 1: She was backed up by Mea King, Ashradell and Emma

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Speaker 1: for the Melbourne Demons, kicked their only goal.

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Speaker 2: It's pretty rare for the Demons to kick one goal

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Speaker 2: in a match as well. That stings a little. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was a surprising loss.

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Speaker 1: I mean they've got another chance next week, which I'll

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Speaker 1: know over for them. But it was a surprising loss.

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Speaker 1: Gelong in the semi final for the chance to play again.

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Speaker 1: Geelong have secured their first ever at AFLW win. They

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Speaker 1: outclassed Essendon with an eighteen point victory. They started strong,

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Speaker 1: Sydney Swan's fairytale season continued with a seventeen point elimination

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Speaker 1: nine goals four fifty eight to six goals five forty one.

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Speaker 1: Captain Chloe Mulloy's brilliant performance included a three goal hole.

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Speaker 1: There was this moment in the match. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you saw the highlight video. There was a lot

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Speaker 1: So there was a guy in the crowd, a massive

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Speaker 2: He yelled out two four, six eight, aren't kicked straight?

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Speaker 2: I absolutely love it. I think any kind of crowd involvement,

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Speaker 2: despite him sledging her in the beginning, there's nothing better than,

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Speaker 2: you know, a spectator sledging an athlete and then the

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Speaker 2: you been sledged? Does anyone have a sledge in swimming?

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Speaker 2: No one really sledges para athletes in general. Okay, I

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Speaker 2: get I have been sledged by my fellow competitors, but

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Speaker 2: it's in good faith. It's a bit of jesting. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: Brisbane have pulled off a thrilling qualifying final win over Adelaide,

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Speaker 1: sealing a six goal three thirty nine to five goals

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Speaker 1: Crows have traditionally a very strong defensive structure and they

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Speaker 1: Eloise Jones for Adelaide was huge. She had four goals

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Speaker 2: She was in the zone, everything comes together. Does that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's I feel like there's so many factors that

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Speaker 1: you know. So this win sets up a home prelim

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Speaker 1: for Brisbane, which is a pretty remarkable turnaround for their season,

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Speaker 1: and Adelaide will then face the Swans for another chance

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Speaker 1: to continue playing finals. How good hips, Oh, good question.

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Speaker 1: I'm picking the D's to get up over Geelong and

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Speaker 1: Adelaide to get up over Sydney. I feel like those

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Speaker 2: But you never know. Well, you love footy, right exactly.

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Speaker 2: I just never know what's going to happen. It's so good. Well,

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Speaker 2: let's tend to cricket now in I think one of

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Speaker 2: the biggest news stories of the week, probably of the

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Speaker 2: last you know, six months, even the legendary Meg Gleanning,

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Speaker 2: Australia's captain. She's officially announced her retirement from international cricket

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Speaker 2: after an illustrious thirteen year career. Did you see her

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Speaker 2: prescov Yeah? It was emotional, wasn't it. It got me teary,

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Speaker 2: Yeah it did. I don't cope well with other athletes retiring.

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Speaker 2: Interesting. I think one thing that I've has been highlighted

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Speaker 2: bit that always chokes me up.

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Speaker 1: That's so true, isn't it. When she looked and her

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Speaker 1: mum and dad were there in the crowd at the

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Speaker 1: declared that she's stepping away from the international stage, citing

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Speaker 2: Ask you, did you feel like that a loss of spark? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: have a desire to explore new horizons and she's at

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Speaker 2: Despite the sadness surrounding her departure, Learning expressed excitement about

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Speaker 2: say she wasn't sure yet what pass she's going to explore.

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Speaker 2: She will have a lot of opportunities though coming how away.

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Speaker 2: You know, her legacy is nothing short of extraordinary. Over

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Speaker 2: thirteen years, she lifted more World Cup trophies than any

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Speaker 2: other captain in the history of the game, a whopping

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Speaker 2: seven times. It's so cool, hey. Her remarkable tally of

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Speaker 2: forty one international matches, including seventeen centuries, solidifies her as

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Speaker 2: one of the greatest cricketers of our time. Have you

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Speaker 2: since maybe in the last five or six years, there've

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Speaker 2: been a lot of athletes from different codes, different sports

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Speaker 2: that have become the greatest of all time. I think

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Speaker 2: longevity is playing a huge factor into that, being able

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Speaker 2: to manage you know, personal factors as well as professional

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Speaker 2: have seen a lot of greatest of all time players

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Speaker 1: you think we're saying that we've made progressions to allow

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Speaker 1: athletes to actually become the greatest of all time.

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Speaker 2: I think we have allowed the progressions to allow the

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Speaker 2: athletes to be able to balance their family life as

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Speaker 2: well as their sporting career as well. Yeah, and it's

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Speaker 2: making more well rounded athletes who actually can enjoy it

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Speaker 2: for longer. Yes. Yeah, like you've seen a lot more Olympians,

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Speaker 2: Paralympians going to four games, five games. Yeah, it's so true,

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Speaker 1: You just touched on Ellie Cale your basketball shooting percentage.

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Speaker 2: Very exciting to start this one off. The Combank Para

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Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, And did you see her? Nicole celebrations were

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Speaker 2: the Para Matilda's because Georgia Baykoff, she was the Golden

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Speaker 2: a monumental achievement to be proud of for every player,

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Speaker 1: It absolutely is. Twenty twenty three is the year of football.

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Speaker 1: First here, first inside scoop with Ellie Cole. Continuing in football,

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Speaker 1: the A League match between Melbourne City and Western Sydney

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Speaker 1: Wanderers delivered a seven goal thriller.

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Speaker 2: How good is That?

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Speaker 1: At Amy Park on Sunday night, in a match that

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Speaker 1: She showcased her versatility by scoring with both her left

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Speaker 1: the sheer joy of watching Magnamara in action, praising not

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Speaker 1: just her goal scoring prowess, but also her overall quality

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Speaker 1: and impact on the Liberty A League. I actually had

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Speaker 1: the chance to travel up to Gosford yesterday Sunday for

436
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Speaker 1: the match between the Central Coast Mariners and the Brisbane

437
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Speaker 1: raw for an awesome game of football.

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Speaker 2: It was really cool.

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Speaker 1: I actually had the chance to chat to a lot

440
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Speaker 1: of people in the crowd about the impact that they

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Speaker 1: feel the fee for Women's World Cup has had and

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Speaker 1: how it has carried on to the domestic league, because

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Speaker 1: I think that was the most important thing.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: We were all totally swept away by how amazing the

446
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Speaker 1: World Cup was, but the question on so many people's

447
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Speaker 1: lips was is this going to continue on? Is this

448
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Speaker 1: going to filter down to the domestic level? And I

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Speaker 1: think the best thing is that we've seen multiple A

450
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Speaker 1: League clubs break records, increase their membership by like four

451
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Speaker 1: hundred ridiculous numbers. We saw crowd record breaking crowds in

452
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Speaker 1: the first round, like it's just been awesome. So it

453
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Speaker 1: was really cool to kind of get there and be

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Speaker 1: amongst it. So that one finished up one all in

455
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Speaker 1: a drawer, but plenty of shots on goal and it

456
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Speaker 1: was really cool to watch Tamika Yallop in action for

457
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Speaker 1: Brisbane and crossing our fingers at Kay Simon might be

458
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Speaker 1: back on the pitch before before Christmas this year after

459
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Speaker 1: she did a ACL in October last year.

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Speaker 2: How many years? I know? This is putting on spot.

461
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Speaker 2: Has Kai Simon been a football for you know what?

462
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Speaker 1: She's with her the other night, so I should definitely

463
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Speaker 1: know the answer to this.

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Speaker 2: So decade at least.

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Speaker 1: So she scored two goals for Australia in the twenty

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Speaker 1: eleven World Cup against Norway.

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Speaker 2: What year are we in now, twenty twenty three, so

468
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Speaker 2: at least years it's twelve years quick mass. Yeah, having

469
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Speaker 2: a knee injury I suppose over a twelve year career

470
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Speaker 2: is certainly high risk. And yeah, hopefully we'll see her

471
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Speaker 2: back on pretty soon. Absolutely another few years to the

472
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Speaker 2: World Cup, next World Cup. I'm counting down, all right.

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Speaker 2: So let's talk sports marketing news now. According to the

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Speaker 2: latest ranking by sports Pro, Alex Morgan is not just

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Speaker 2: the most marketable athlete in women's sport, in twenty twenty three,

476
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Speaker 2: but she's also giving global legends like Lionel Messi and

477
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Speaker 2: Lebron James a run for their money, claiming the impressive

478
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Speaker 2: third spot overall. How cool is that? I would have

479
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Speaker 2: to say, she's probably one of the most recognizable.

480
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Speaker 1: Absolutely if you look at how well women's football or

481
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Speaker 1: soccer in the US performs, like she's and she's one

482
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Speaker 1: of the top top of the list.

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Speaker 2: I think if I saw her walking down the street

484
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Speaker 2: next to Lionel Messi, I would probably pick her first,

485
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Speaker 2: hands down.

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Speaker 1: I think there'd be a lot of football tragics who

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Speaker 1: would be mortified bias, but I would hands down go

488
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Speaker 1: to Alex Morgan. I didn't know what Lionel Messi looked

489
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Speaker 1: like until, like until the recent World Cut twelve months ago.

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Speaker 2: I'm more about that anyway. For the first time in

491
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, fifty two percent of the top twenty

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Speaker 2: five most marketable leets are women.

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Speaker 1: That stat is astounding, Like it's just I just I'm

494
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Speaker 1: so about the SHIFT.

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Speaker 2: Sorry to interrupt your story here. I think I'm about

496
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Speaker 2: to say you were so about something else, and then

497
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Speaker 2: you said shift. It sounded very similar, and we go

498
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Speaker 2: back to Alex Morgan. Her fellow US women's national team

499
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Speaker 2: forward Meghan Rappano is right there with her securing the

500
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Speaker 2: fifth spot. I'm sure you saw her last match any injury.

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Speaker 1: So she did her achilles and she was how many

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Speaker 1: minutes later that I think six minutes into the match.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, So she was playing against Gotham, so Ali Krieger,

504
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: who's another US women's national team player, they were both retiring,

505
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Speaker 1: so it was kind of this like fairy tale ending

506
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Speaker 1: that they were both retiring playing against each other in

507
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Speaker 1: the final. But pretty devastating that Rappino went down with

508
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Speaker 1: that achilles injury. Very proud of her career, Yeah, very cool, real,

509
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Speaker 1: certainly not the very foul ending. I think she was

510
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Speaker 1: expecting their last match. Now, skiing isn't very big in Australia,

511
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Speaker 1: but we do have skiing sensation. McKayla Schiffrin at sixth

512
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Speaker 1: place and the incredible he was probably one of the

513
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Speaker 1: most recognizable athletes in the world.

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Speaker 2: So I was flipping her way into eighth. I love

515
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 2: that pun. She flipped and triple twisted her way into

516
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Speaker 2: eighth spot, smooth off the time from US Open champion

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Speaker 2: Coco GoF Is holding it down at twelfth, with Naomi

518
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Speaker 2: Osaka not far behind at fourteenth, and LSU star Angel

519
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Speaker 2: Reese is representing women's basketball like a boss at nineteenth.

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Speaker 2: She saw to stardom after leading the Tigers to their

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Speaker 2: historic first national title in twenty twenty three. And the

522
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Speaker 2: list reflects the involving commercial landscape of women's sport because

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Speaker 2: for the first time, qualitative research joined forces with quantitative

524
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Speaker 2: market marketability. That's a real tongue twister. There's a lot

525
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Speaker 2: of big word. Qualitative research joined forces with quantitative marketability

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Speaker 2: measurements to determine these rankings, making it the most comprehensive

527
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Speaker 2: assessment in the fourteen year history of sports pros.

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Speaker 1: And your ranking, you know that if you're not on that,

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Speaker 1: a couple of goes and you got there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, keep going, Chloe. If you're not on the women's

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Speaker 2: sports bus, Yeah going on, because we're going places. I

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Speaker 2: would love to be on a women's sport bus with

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Speaker 2: all of those athletes. All right, let's see what we

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Speaker 2: imagine a party bus with all of those athletes.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be like an open top bus traveling

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Speaker 1: through the streets of London.

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Speaker 2: Let's get that sorted in hockey.

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Speaker 1: It's been an action packed week in the Hockey One League,

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Speaker 1: so that's the national domestic league for hockey here in Australia.

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Speaker 1: The Pride Women the New South Wales Pride continue their

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Speaker 1: dominant form, securing a three to one victory over the

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Speaker 1: previously unbeaten Thundersticks. This win solidified their spot at the

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Speaker 1: final's main event. From the get go, the Pride's high

544
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Speaker 1: press set the tone. Alice Arnott's impressive stick work paved

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Speaker 1: the way for Mariah Williams to open the score in

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Speaker 1: just twenty five seconds. Despite Perth's efforts, Madison Smith doubled

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Speaker 1: the lead from a penalty corner after twelve minutes. The

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Speaker 1: Thunder six fought back, with Line Milan touching home in

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Speaker 1: the second half. However, the Pride transition and arn It's

550
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Speaker 1: driving run sealed the deal. The match between Adelaide Fire

551
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Speaker 1: and the Tasmanian Tigers featured two youthful teams vying for

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Speaker 1: their first win of the season.

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Speaker 2: Adelaide Fire Women, with player.

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Speaker 1: Of the match Hattie Shand leading the way, secured to

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Speaker 1: come from behind two to one victory over the Tigers.

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Speaker 1: The Canberra Chill edged closer to the finals with a

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Speaker 1: thrilling three to two penalty shootout victory against the Brisbane Blaze.

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Speaker 1: Despite the loss of key players, the Chill showcase resilience

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Speaker 1: with goalkeeper I'm.

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Speaker 2: Going to say Renee, but I'm saying that's Renee.

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Speaker 1: I have a teammate called Reen and it's spelt like that,

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Speaker 1: so in it both ways, So you're right the way

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Speaker 1: at all faces hunt up making crucial saves in the shootout.

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Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the key story. So in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, the Matilda's made global headlines by signing an

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Speaker 1: equal pay agreement with the Soccer US, setting a groundbreaking

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Speaker 1: standard for gender equality in women's national teams. Fast forward

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Speaker 1: to twenty twenty three and a new Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Speaker 1: a CBA between Football Australia and the Professional Footballers Australia

570
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Speaker 1: takes this commitment to equality to new heights. The original

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen CBA laid the foundation for the recent successes,

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Speaker 1: emphasizing gender equality across areas like pay, travel, accommodation and

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Speaker 1: support staff. Now, the twenty twenty three CBA builds on

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Speaker 1: these principles, evolving them into a more sophisticated and context

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Speaker 1: conscious framework. I guess the most significant change in this

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Speaker 1: one ELI is the shift from a tiered contract system

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Speaker 1: to a match based payment system for the Matildas. So

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Speaker 1: unlike the previous structure, where say Tier one contracted players

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Speaker 1: received a minimum of eighty three thousand dollars per year,

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Speaker 1: the new model in that each player from the first

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Speaker 1: to the twenty third in a camp squad earns the

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Speaker 1: same match payment if they make the team sheet, which

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Speaker 1: is really cool. The change aims to incentivize players to

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Speaker 1: earn their call ups, moving away from the old contracting

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Speaker 1: system that was perceived as a financial safety net. Under

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Speaker 1: the new agreement, approximately seventy percent of a player's revenue

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Speaker 1: will come from match fees, with the remaining thirty percent

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Speaker 1: from an annual commercial payout for off pitch activities. Making

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Speaker 1: the team sheet for a single match will earn a

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Speaker 1: Matilda's player about seven thousand dollars in the CBA's first year,

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Speaker 1: with the potential for this amount to increase year on you,

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Speaker 1: which is really cool.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds like it's going to support a lot

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Speaker 2: more players as well. You know, this new approach benefits

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Speaker 2: not only top players but also fringe players. Who could

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00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 2: now earn significantly more than the previous minimum of forty

597
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Speaker 2: thousand dollars a year. The removal of strict financial flaws

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Speaker 2: or ceilings encourages a more competitive and dynamic environment, and

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Speaker 2: a unique feature of the CBA is the distribution of

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Speaker 2: the prize money. Unlike the USA's more, where prize money

601
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Speaker 2: is pulled and split equally between men's and women's teams,

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Speaker 2: the Matildas and Socceros will each receive fifty percent of

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Speaker 2: their respective prize pools, with the other fifty percent going

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Speaker 2: to Football Australia and FIFA's commitment to equalize the Women's

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Speaker 2: World Cup prize money by twenty twenty seven also aligns

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Speaker 2: with this structure, potentially allowing the Matildas to earn more

607
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Speaker 2: than their male counterparts if they go deep into the

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Speaker 2: tournament like they did in Sydney and given their historical

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Speaker 2: success in major tournaments and Additional elements of the CBA

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Speaker 2: include improvements in players accommodations, business class flights, and expanded

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Speaker 2: printing policy which I think we saw did you see

612
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 2: the documentary about the Matildas a couple of months so

613
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Speaker 2: they really touch on the printal policy which I think

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Speaker 2: is really groundbreaking for female athletes as quite cool, so

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Speaker 2: hopefully we'll see that expand into more sports. But the

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Speaker 2: CBA also include improvements in the creation of the CBA

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Speaker 2: Committee and a commitment to developing a human rights policy

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Speaker 2: within Football Australia. So I think, you know, these are

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Speaker 2: a lot of the barriers that face women's sport and

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Speaker 2: it looks like Football Australia are making a commitment to

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Speaker 2: address a lot of those.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, And I think two key points that kind

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Speaker 1: of stood out to me. It's really interesting they've gone

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Speaker 1: for that different approach to how Team USA have done it,

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Speaker 1: because when the women's team in the US were campaigning

626
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Speaker 1: for equal pay, a lot of their discussion was around

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Speaker 1: the fact that they had actually performed better consistently than

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Speaker 1: their men's team but had received significantly less pay. But

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Speaker 1: what's interesting about the fact that Football Australia and the

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Speaker 1: PFA have kept it separate in this deal is if

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Speaker 1: FIFER do stay true to that promise to deliver equal

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Speaker 1: pay by twenty twenty seven, it is probably going to

633
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Speaker 1: work better in the Matilda's favor because we've seen them,

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Speaker 1: particularly in recent years, be able to progress further so

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Speaker 1: it's interesting that they've taken that approach, like you touched on.

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Speaker 2: It's like they're looking into the future rather than what

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Speaker 2: their success has been in the past. Yeah, which I

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Speaker 2: think is a really smart move. And I think you know,

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Speaker 2: FIFA have stood up and made that commitment very publicly,

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Speaker 2: and so I would be surprised if they didn't stay

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Speaker 2: true to their word. I think they're going to have to, right,

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Speaker 2: It's been said publicly multiple times. Now. We love that. Yeah, Hey,

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Speaker 2: that's the wrap.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much Ellie Cole for joining us. I had

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Speaker 1: a good time. I always love you. Insights.

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Speaker 2: Now, Kayley McEwan is gonna have to swim breash shoke

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Speaker 2: at the Olympics next year, so I love that. Maybe

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Speaker 2: I should keep throwing all of my teammates under the

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Speaker 2: bus like that. Absolutely should. I'm here for it. She's

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Speaker 2: also going to swit the turn of Fly. No she's not. Oh,

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Speaker 2: it's just not. I was like, I'm here for it.

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Speaker 2: You'll be back for one more week next week, looking

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Speaker 2: forward to it.

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Speaker 1: How I've be here before Bears gets back and then

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Speaker 1: we'll finish out the year before Christmas.

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Speaker 2: But thank you so much for listening. We'll see you

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Speaker 2: next week, see you next week. Bye bye,