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What the record-breaking expansion fee means for new NWSL media rights

More money, more problems...or more money, more prosperity?

The answer to that question depends on who you are asking. For the NWSL and women's soccer, the $125 million investment to start a new franchise in the San Francisco Bay Area seems to be the best thing for the 11-year-old league.

The investment firm Sixth Street has invested $1 billion in sports over the last two years. Started in 2009 by co-founder Alan Waxman, Sixth Street has a stake in the San Antonio Spurs and football giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.