#2. The Rise of Women's Sports
The popularization of Women's sports is on the rise and in record breaking numbers. 2023 has been a year of great accomplishment for women across a plethora of sports but what does this mean? Well to begin, I would like to highlight some of the records hit this year in terms of audience in the realm of women's sports. On August 20th, 2023, The University of Nebraska played The University of Omaha in a volleyball game which packed the stadium, drawing a crowd of over 92,000 people. This game broke the record of the most attended women's sporting event in history. Additionally, just a couple weeks before that on August 16th, 2023, the Australian National Soccer Team played England in the semi-final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The 2023 Cup, held in New Zealand and Australia, drew in a record audience for Australian sports with " a reach of 11.5 million " people during that game. The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese even called for a public ho