Ten groups submitted NFL offers to make investors in new female and male professional football leagues and this round of offers will close this week, sources were ESPN.
The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in February that the league “aggressively” examined the creation of independent professional flags for men and women.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg announced that 10 investors include the investment company Alexis Ohanian 776; TKO Group Holdings; Group Avenue Capital Group Marc Lasry; Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz; Connect Ventures, a partnership between the Agency for Creative Talent artists and a risk company New Enterprise Associates; and SMAC Entertainment, a media company co-founded by Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini.
“It is clear that there is a lot of interest in the Flag League league,” Goodell said on Tuesday at the annual league meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. “We have gained offers for people who want to invest in it, whether financially or invest in it, so we are hard at work and I expect to progress soon.”
Serena Williamswho is married to Ohanian, he appeared on the NFL meetings on Sunday to deal with the growth of female sports. Caitlin Clark, Denver broncos The panel also included the minority of Melody Hobson and Eli Manning.
She called her “goat”, “Williams” Williams “not only understands female sports, but understands business and sport and I think society.” This year she became the owner of a minority of franchise of wnba expansion in Toronto and became part of the owner Miami dolphins in 2009.
The League identified the flagship as a way to introduce sport to new fans and growth in international level – and provided critical support for efforts to include flagship as an Olympic sport in 2028.
According to the National Secondary School Federation, about 500,000 girls aged 6 to 17 played flagship in 2023-63% since 2019, making it one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. NFL counts more than 750,000 participants in its NFL Flag football league at a national level and all 32 franchises sponsor its own league.
