Brady, Mannings Among Investors in NFL Flag Football League
PHOENIX — The NFL’s plans for a pro flag football league are taking significant shape.
A year after beginning to take inbound interest from potential partners, the league has selected TMRW Sports, the main force behind TGL, to develop and operate a pro flag football league for women and men. Additionally, the NFL has completed pacts with a series of investors that will financially support the new venture. Among them are:
A collection of retired NFL legends, including Peyton and Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Larry Fitzgerald, and Justin Tuck, among others. Several active players, including Bobby Wagner, Russell Wilson, and Arik Armstead, have also bought into the venture.
- A series of institutional investors that includes Ariel Investments, Project Level, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blue Pool Capital, ---Dynasty Equity, Silver Lake, and Sixth Street. Additional investors include Apex Capital, Arctos Partners, Bolt Ventures, Next Legacy -Partners, Trenches Capital, Trybe Ventures, and Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six.
- Women’s sports icons Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Alex Morgan, and Serena Williams.
- TMRW was chosen to stand the league up after a “competitive” process that included multiple interested operators, the NFL said.
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