Megan Harris, central midfielder for Lincoln LadiesEach of the eight clubs competing this season has also nominated a digital ambassador.Megan Harris, 28, has been given the job at Lincoln."It's a role designed to bring people closer to the players on social media, making the league as interactive as possible," she explained.'Business'Each club has a minimum budget of £140,000, half of which is supplied by the Football Association.The sides can spend more if they can show they have the money to do so.That has seen some of the clubs move closer to their male counterparts to gain greater financial support.Liverpool have been training with the men's first team and have been able to sign six foreign players."Football is a business now and it's the same for the women's game," added Megan Harris."If the money is there you're going to want to take that. Hopefully that will attract better quality to our league."The players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), has previously branded the amount England's top women players receive as "embarrassing".Megan Harris said the amount male footballer's got was an unfair benchmark."You can't compare, we are getting there though," she said."Think of it five years ago and I don't think anyone was getting paid so to get paid how we do now is a massive step in the right direction."
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