Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Is Still Fighting for Women in Sports | The Deal

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In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly sit with tennis champions Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss to discuss the current buzz around women’s sports. King and Kloss, the dreamer and builder (respectively) behind Billie Jean King Enterprises, King says, tell the hosts about their investments in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC, the story behind how they helped launch the Professional Women's Hockey League and the lessons they think athletes should learn about the business of sports. 0:00 — 1:05 Intro 1:06 — 3:46 Partnership 3:47 — 7:09 Importance of History 7:10 — 9:16 Equal Prize Money 9:17 — 11:43 Learn the business 11:44 — 13:37 From Athlete to Business Professional 13:38 — 15:54 Athlete Collaboration 15:55 — 18:43 It’s A Movement 18:44 — 21:18 What’s Really Changed 21:19 — 29:40 Launching the Professional Women’s Hockey League 29:41 — 30:47 Meeting The Right People 30:48 — 31:55 Having Courage To Ask 31:56 — 35:11 What we’ve learned 35:12 — 36:56 Asking for Opportunity 36:57 — 39:33 Angel City Valuation 39:44 — 41:58 Business of Tennis 41:59 — 46:37 Rapid Fire 46:38 — 48:02 Outro -------- Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for $1.99/month for the first 3 months: https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions?in_source=YoutubeOriginals Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics. Hosted by experts covering stories you haven’t seen and viewpoints you haven’t heard, you’ll discover cinematic, data-led shows that investigate the intersection of business and culture. Exploring every angle of climate change, technology, finance, sports and beyond, Bloomberg Originals is business as you’ve never seen it. Subscribe for business news, but not as you've known it: exclusive interviews, fascinating profiles, data-driven analysis, and the latest in tech innovation from around the world. Visit our partner channel Bloomberg Quicktake for global news and insight in an instant.