ESPN and NJCAA Strike Multi-Year Agreement

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Per Thursday news, ESPN and the National Junior College Athletic Association struck a multi-year agreement to commence with the 2022-23 academic year.

This entails nationally televised championship games for NJCAA Division I football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball to air on a linear ESPN network as well as regular season content on ESPN+.

ESPN+ will air 13 NJCAA football games, 25 men’s basketball games, 25 women’s basketball games, 20 baseball games and 20 softball games for each year of the agreement.

As of the 2022 football season, all NJCAA content appearing on ESPN+ will be available in the leagues section in the ESPN+ app under “NJCAA.”

Collegiate Sports Management Group assisted the NJCAA in reviewing and negotiating this agreement.

It remains to be seen how this will affect Snow College.