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USFL Taps Sportradar as Official Sports Data & Integrity Partner

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The multi-year agreement, reached following a competitive bid process, establishes Sportradar as the Official Sports Data Partner of the USFL and the leagues official integrity partner.

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  • The multi-year agreement, reached following a competitive bid process, establishes Sportradar as the Official Sports Data Partner of the USFL and the leagues official integrity partner.
  • Under terms of the agreement, Sportradar will develop new data collection and delivery systems for the league and its related businesses, including media and gaming, and will provide data to betting operators advertising during USFL telecasts.
  • The USFL isthrilledto have forged its first data and integrity partnership with Sportradar, said Edward Hartman, USFL Executive Vice President, Business Operations.With morethan 60% of American adultslivinginstateswhere sports wagering is now legal,it was critical to the new USFL that we partner with the market leader in integritysolutions, andSportradar is the gold standard to which all sports information businesses are measured.
  • The fast, accurate and reliable data that Sportradar provides to the marketplace will be crucial to the USFL engaging its audience as the league establishes itself on the American sports landscape, said Ed Blonk, Chief Commercial Officer, Sportradar.

The World Games 2022 Birmingham Partners with NFL, Adds Flag Football

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The World Games 2022 Birmingham, in partnership with the International World Games Association (IWGA), National Football League (NFL), and International Federation of American Football (IFAF) today announced that flag football will join the existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports .

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  • The World Games 2022 Birmingham, in partnership with the International World Games Association (IWGA), National Football League (NFL), and International Federation of American Football (IFAF) today announced that flag football will join the existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports .
  • "We are so excitedto bring flag football to the international stage during The World Games 2022 in Birmingham," said Seattle Seahawks quarterback, Super Bowl champion and NFL FLAG Chairman Russell Wilson.
  • There's no better place to showcase The World Games 2022 flag football experience than at Legion Field, 'The Football Capital of the South.'
  • "Being a great sport deeply rooted in Birmingham, Alabama, the Birmingham Organizing Committee was enthusiastic to host flag football, a dynamic non-contact discipline of American football, at The World Games 2022.