USFL Reaches Media Deal With NBC, Will Broadcast 21 USFL Games

This is probably the large news drop that we have been waiting for in mid-December. The USFL Announced on Twitter and Instagram that they have reached a media deal with NBC and their streaming platforms.

"📺 It's official!

NBC will join FOX Sports as our official broadcast partners.

The networks will present all 43 regular and postseason games beginning in April 2022."

(via @USFL)

This is big news, because this means that FOX will air 12 games, NBC will broadcast 8 of them, FS1 will have 10, USA will have 9 and Peacock (which is NBC's streaming service) will have 4 games. I think that it is a great idea to have games both on cable television and on streaming platforms; this brings the league great publicity for both television markets, and because most cable networks own their own streaming networks, the USFL basically gets a package deal with NBC and Peacock combined.

This could mean many things for the USFL in 2022, but the primary thing is that the league appears to be 100% set and ready for the inaugural season of the new USFL. They have a bunch of publicity with TV deals with NBC and FOX, being owned by FOX Sports and experienced former The Spring League CEO Brian Woods definetly helps, and they have a lot of funding, since they got that $150 million dollars from FOX Sports to help run and maintain the league.