Hosts are pulling out, costs are spiralling and the PR is a challenge: will the post-colonial festival of sport find a way to secure its future?
Every game outside the 3pm blackout will now be televised from 2025 as Sky Sports and TNT Sports extended their stranglehold on the live UK rights to the Premier League.
If WSL and Championship clubs can agree to split revenue and support the FA-established NewCo then meaningful progress can be made in England