USA Flag Announces Multiyear Deal with CBS Sports for 2025 Flag Football World Championships
USA Flag today announced a multi-year deal with CBS Sports ahead of the upcoming 2025 Flag Football World Championships. The new deal will see Flag Football’s largest adult and youth flag football tournament air on CBS Sports Network and online across streaming platforms via the CBS Sports app.
The 2025 Flag Football World Championships will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida from January 15-19, at the Tournament Sportsplex of Tampa Bay and showcases the best talent in the sport – bringing more than 1,200 teams, 10,000 athletes and 25,000 people in total attendance throughout the course of the event weekend to the local area.
“USA Flag has proven itself to be one of the main driving forces in the flag football space and today’s announcement will undoubtedly take their World Championships to new heights in the years ahead,” said Jason Aughey, Senior Vice President of Sports Tourism at the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, when noting the impact the event has had on Tampa. “The growth that this event has experienced over the past couple of years in Tampa is truly staggering and we could not be more excited about the future and our partnership with USA Flag. The addition of CBS Sports will afford viewers the opportunity to see the best flag football teams in the world competing at our renowned Sportsplex of Tampa Bay and enjoying all that our destination has to offer.”
“The Flag Football World Championships has been the pinnacle event globally for the flag football community for many years now. It is astounding to see all of the players and teams come in from all over the world to play in this event” President & Co-Founder of USA Flag, Charles Davis added.
For the 2025 Flag Football World Championships and upcoming season, BODYARMOR Sports Drink will also be featured as the “Official Hydration Partner” of USA Flag with the brand’s premium hydration options included on sidelines for all upcoming events and tournaments.
“Flag Football is one of the largest growing sports and we’re excited to be a part of the movement by partnering up with USA Flag and hydrating more than the 100,000 athletes that take part in their events year-round,” said Tom Gargiulo, CMO of BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition. “Adding CBS Sports to the roster only gives the sport more opportunities to grow and expand its reach.”
The 2025 Flag Football World Championships are an OPEN invite event, meaning any team regardless of location can enter the tournament to compete. There are youth boys’ and girls’ divisions, high school boys and girls, collegiate men and women as well as adult men, women and coed divisions. There is no need to qualify so anyone can compete and have fun.
If you or your team is looking to play, you can visit USA Flag online for more information at www.usaflag.org
