Two GOATs, one message: Serena Williams recently teamed up with WNBA star Caitlin Clark to talk up the value of women's sports to NFL owners.
The two generational talents were in Palm Beach, Fla. last week to speak on a panel at the league's annual meeting about "the changing face of sports" and its impact on the NFL. But Williams' chief message to executives was that the talent pool, and skill, of women athletes have not changed at all in the face of increasing windfall for both athletes and teams.
"I think that we've had so many amazing women athletes for so long, but you guys just noticed, and that's all it is," Williams said, noting that she and sister, Venus Williams, often out-drew men's tennis in television viewership when they played.
"The men just finally noticed that women have been amazing for 50 years, 60 years," she said.
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