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Twitter Introduces New Official Badge For Users For Free Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen with the Twitter blue authentication badge in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 21 September, 2022. Twitter management has announced the introduction of a new verification label to replace the blue check previously given only to verified accounts. As the director of the service, Esther Crawford explains, unlike the blue symbol this one will be gray and it will be free. Twitter management has announced the introduction of a new verification label to replace the blue check previously given only to verified accounts. As the director of the service, Esther Crawford explains, unlike the blue symbol this one will be gray and it will be free. Verifi PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA Copyright: xSTRx originalFilename: arriens-twitteri221113_npjLP.jpg
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Twitter Introduces New Official Badge For Users For Free Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen with the Twitter blue authentication badge in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 21 September, 2022. Twitter management has announced the introduction of a new verification label to replace the blue check previously given only to verified accounts. As the director of the service, Esther Crawford explains, unlike the blue symbol this one will be gray and it will be free. Twitter management has announced the introduction of a new verification label to replace the blue check previously given only to verified accounts. As the director of the service, Esther Crawford explains, unlike the blue symbol this one will be gray and it will be free. Verifi PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA Copyright: xSTRx originalFilename: arriens-twitteri221113_npjLP.jpg
Twitter is making rounds for its latest decision. It started a blue check as a verification future in 2009 when a former baseball player sued the company for the imposter accounts. Since then, it has become a symbol of status and authority. It was a free feature until Elon Musk decided to make it paid after the takeover. Now the fees required to be verified are more than getting an NWSL subscription a year.
Elon Musk has removed the blue checks from the accounts of many celebrities and athletes. It has started getting responses from those who have lost the verification mark. One of the TV hosts has taken to Twitter to inform fans that the charges for getting the verification mark are way more than watching WNBA and NWSL.
TV host urges fans to pay for NWSL
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Megan Reyes took to Twitter to share the differences in a yearly subscription for Twitter verification, WNBA, and NWSL. Reyes wrote, “For $114.99/year, you can pay for a blue check mark. For $24.99/year, you can pay for the WNBA League Pass. And for $49.99/year, you can pay for Paramount+ and stream NWSL games. Spend less, get more!!”
For $114.99/year, you can pay for a blue check mark.
For $24.99/year, you can pay for WNBA League Pass. And for $49.99/year, you can pay for Paramount+ and stream NWSL games.
Spend less, get more!!
— Megan Reyes (@megreyes_) April 20, 2023
Women’s sports tournaments are growing in the US. Still, there’s more work to do. TV viewership needs to be improved to bring in more money to the women’s sports leagues. It will help raise the prize money for the various leagues with improved sponsorships. Reyes did the same by urging the fans to watch women’s sports like WNBA and NWSL instead of paying for Twitter verification.
NWSL has started in a significant way this season. The San Diego Wave FC game saw the record broken for the opening-day fixture. It shows the league is growing. US Soccer recently announced prize money for the NWSL Challenge Cup on par with the MLS Cup.
A boost for Challenge Cup 2023
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After a fight by the women’s soccer players for pay equity, US Soccer reached an agreement with players for the same. It was a significant victory for the players. Earlier this year, they said that the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup would be the first women’s tournament with pay equity.
Recently, NWSL, with the title sponsor UKG, made a massive announcement. It has significantly increased the 2023 UKG Challenge Cup prize money to $1 million. It is almost on par with the MLS Cup. The prize money for the MLS Cup is $1.1 million. It will be interesting to see the impact of the increased prize money on the Challenge Cup and NWSL, too.
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What will you do? Take an NWSL subscription or go for Twitter verification?
