In the wake of the #MeToo movement, and with the NWSL's culture of silence beginning to shift, former teammates Farrelly and Shim reconnected with each other and then with Morgan, who began to dig deeper into the league's policies.
Concerned with the lack of protections for athletes in the eight-page player handbook, Morgan organised a group of 240 players, who signed a letter to NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird asking for nine specific policies that would help make the league safer and more inclusive for athletes, including better routes for reporting misconduct.
The following month, on April 13, the NWSL publicly announced its new workplace policy, which explicitly prohibits all forms of harassment, discrimination, and misconduct.