{"id":776531,"date":"2026-02-26T00:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/776531\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:25:15","slug":"report-atlanta-nwsl-shatters-womens-sports-history-with-28m-record-deal-with-aflac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/776531\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Atlanta NWSL shatters women\u2019s sports history with $28M record deal with Aflac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Atlanta NWSL franchise doesn\u2019t start league play until 2028, but that hasn\u2019t stopped them from making history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/business\/sponsorship\/2026\/atlanta-nwsl-aflac-jersey-record-million-1234885584\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sportico\u2019s Kurt Badenhausen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sportico\u2019s Kurt Badenhausen<\/a>, Aflac will be the front-of-jersey sponsor on a seven-year deal worth $28 million. Atlanta NWSL have shattered a women\u2019s sports record.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The current record-holders were the Portland Thorns with Ring that set a new record for average annual value, with Bay FC and Sutter Health follow just behind at $2.5 million per year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The WNBA\u2019s record is believed to belong to the Golden State Valkyries and Chase, according to Sportico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On November 12, 2025 the NWSL awarded its 17th franchise to Atlanta and owner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/t\/arthur-blank\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arthur Blank;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arthur Blank<\/a>, alongside AMBSE. The club will begin play in 2028 with home matches being played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Women\u2019s sports investment continues to pour in and skyrocket. What record will be set next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta NWSL franchise doesn\u2019t start league play until 2028, but that hasn\u2019t stopped them from making history.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[110053,23809,223,254,2554,224,7,629,26990,110052,6337,6,15916,60952,250,9380],"class_list":["post-776531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-aflac","tag-arthur-blank","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-georgia","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-kurt-badenhausen","tag-mercedes-benz-stadium","tag-nfl","tag-nwsl","tag-sutter-health","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-womens-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116134093044347239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}