Stefan Szymanski, a University of Michigan professor of sport management and author of the book Money and Soccer: A Soccernomics Guide, points out that while the U.S. Women's National Team thrived on Title IX opportunities, in many cases, the global competition just doesn't exist.
A territory is an administrative division, usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a state. In most countries, a territory is an organized division of an area that is controlled by a country but is not formally developed into, or incorporated into, a political unit of the country that is of equal status to other political units that may often be referred to by words such as provinces or states.
: a unit of territory defined by boundaries set by political authority and usually having a separate political organization. ADVERTISEMENT. This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our premium Unabridged Dictionary is offered here on a limited basis.