NWSL agrees to pay $5 million to players who suffered abuse in new settlement

The NWSL will create a $5 million player compensation fund as part of a settlement regarding its role in widespread allegations of abuse. The settlement, announced on Wednesday, ends a joint investigation by the attorneys general of the District of Columbia, Illinois and New York concerning systemic abuse across the league and potential violations of state and local human rights laws. The three offices, like the investigation by former U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates and the joint investigation by the NWSL and NWSL players association that came before them, focused on “pervasive sexual...