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Prize money has quadrupled since the Saudi Women’s Premier League launched in 2022, and Riyadh’s Al-Nassr club took home 2 million riyals ($531,000) for last season’s title.

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Women's soccer goes from bans to stadiums in Saudi · assertive framing

Eight years ago, Saudi women were barred from football stadiums. asserted

women → bar → stadiums

Now Bayan Sadagah, who co-founded an amateur team in Jeddah in 2017 because there was nowhere to play asserted

who → co → 2017

wears the jersey of Al-Ittihad in a state-backed professional league, Bloomberg reported. asserted

Bloomberg → wear → league

Prize money has quadrupled since the Saudi Women’s Premier League launched in 2022, and Riyadh’s Al-Nassr club took home 2 million riyals ($531,000) for last season’s title. asserted

club → quadruple → title

While the paydays are still well short of those in the men’s league, clubs are luring foreign players with tax-free salaries and expat perks. asserted

clubs → lure → salaries

Still, crowds remain thin; Al-Ittihad’s English defender Ashleigh Plumptre has been organizing school trips to the games. asserted

Plumptre → remain → games

Not everyone is put off, however: American tech investor Ben Harburg, who bought Al Kholood last year, told Semafor he was weighing a buyout of a women’s club, betting the women’s game could one day outpace the men’s. uncertain

game → put → men

Women's soccer goes from bans to stadiums in Saudi

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