We, the women's soccer/football fans, have a great pleasure and honor to champion the game while are also extremely frustrated of not being able to watch live matches on TV and scrupulous stream systems.

Many of us do not have cable and our viewing capability is limited only to ABC, NBC and CBS. Those who have cable run into the problems with their TV providers as they do not

always provide services in the given region. Our fans who have cable services being functional in their areas constantly experience technical difficulties during the live games when they are broadcasted by FOX and ESPN. 

However, this is not particularly our problem.

It is your problem, as well.

You have a problem of losing revenues.

Let us look at some numbers, here:

WWC, 2015, Final, most viewed soccer match, men's or women's, in the US, 25.4 million viewers - Sports illustrated, 07/06/15

WWC, 2015, Final, US ratings for the topped even the viewership of the year's NBA Finals or Stanley Cup - The Washington Post, 07/06/15

WWC, 2015, Final, attended by 53,241 fans

WWC, 2015, 26,029 per game attendance

NWSL, 2015, in its Third Year, total 90 games played, 454.100 attendees, 5046 fans per match, 23% up from 2014

USWNT, 23 games played in 2015, 25,906 per game attendance

USWNT, Victory Tour, First Game against Costa Rica, 08/17/16, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA -- not necessarily soccer hotbed but despite that, 44,028 spectators

Now, review Huffpost Media article published on 06/08/2015 reflective of TV's ignoring Women's Sports now more than it did 25 years ago, i.e., down from 5% to 3.2% coverage

www.sbs.com.au/topics/zela/article/2016/03/20/are-womens-sports-less-watchable-mens-wbbl-case-study site presents the article analyzing how women's sports have been gaining popularity in our contemporary time.

There have been 41.000 plus fans watching Venezuela U-17 Women National Team winning the final 1-0 against Brazil, Sudamerico Femenino Championship, 03/21/2016.  

matildas.footballaustralia.com.au newscaster Aidan Ormont reported on 03/07/16 that The Westfield Matildas have reached 1.2 million viewers only in their four matches in Rio Qualifiers on free-to-air digital channel 7mate.

U.S. Soccer on line article presents, "U.S. Women's National Team vs. Japan on June 2 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO is Sold Out", 18,000 seats with 1,000 plus standing room only were sold out in 10 minutes reports Ryan Rosenblatt, FOXSPORTSCOM.

Kiley Kroh from ThinkProgress presents on line article, published on June 12, 2015,"SportsCenter's Shameful Coverage of Women's Sports" reflects the fact that while women's sports in general and women's football/soccer in particular getting very popular in everywhere except on TV live broadcasting. 

We do not want news covering what Messi likes for breakfast, how Ronaldo dresses up for a given occasion or where Neymar goes after the games. 

We like to watch our global lady footballers on the field during live games, not only USA but international championships, all over the world.

You give us the pleasure and honor watching women's soccer live through the easiest and simplest broadcast systems, we guarantee your ratings are going up while millions of TV & stream viewers are added in every year.

This is a win-win situation.

Let us work together.

Thank you for giving us a chance to submit this petition.