For the first time ever, teams will be paid rights fees as part of this deal.

For the first time, the league will receive rights fees.

This deal is the first to ever pay rights fees to women's teams.

"You'll find other companies spending three times their rights fees, or maybe more."

"We ought to step away from a rights fee," he said.

"It was the wrong time to think about rolling back the rights fee."

Whether it can find one willing to pay a rights fee is questionable.

The most common reason for these disputes is rights fees; see the Cost section below.

"Things came with rights fees a lot during that case," she said.

The rights fee is believed to remain at about $9 million a year.