Research Report: Big Deal? The Case for Commercial Investment in Women’s Sport

This report, under the banner of The Commission on the Future of Women’s Sport, explored the case for commercial investment in women’s sport.

In reviewing investment in 2011, we asked ourselves the question, ‘Does women’s sport have a real commercial future?’ Independent, authoritative research answers resoundingly: Yes, it does.

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0.5 %

of all sports sponsorship covers women’s sport

Jan 2010-August 2011

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70 %

of viewers for women’s events are male sports fans

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