Thank you for joining us here. Beautiful view in the background. Happy to be here.We have seen the NFL and the NBA do major media rights deals, getting significant increases in dollars for their teams and owners over the past few years. You guys are up in 2028 but the most recent data point we have for you is ESPN opting out of their Sunday package, saying we're paying too much for this package. So my question for you to start is, are you confident that you can deliver another significant rights fee increas ...

The CBA is up after the end of this year. Are you confident that you guys will be able to get a deal done with the players where there will be no work stoppage between this season and next season. Yeah, we've been meeting with the players association often.I'm uh confident that we're going to get something transformational done. These things do take time. We've been through a lot of them.I've only been through one before, right when I joined the league. Uh and so I'm confident that we'll work through it wit ...

I think the biggest thing is is just get making sure that we're headed in the right direction. I think the WNBA has seen the visibility grow. I think the WNBA understands the impact of, you know, continuing to, I think, have those teams that are added to the mix, but for me, most importantly, yes, salary, but the second thing is roster spots.The roster spots have to increase. And that's been something that I've echoed over and over and over again to Neca Gumake is you've got to give these women a chance tha ...