NFL teams and compete on the digital turf.

Virtual Tournament Championship to be held throughout Super Bowl Weekend

CHICAGO, NFL FLAG these days introduced the inaugural NFL FLAG Madden 21 Youth Club Championship Presented by means of Subway® restaurants, inviting formative years athletes from throughout the state to symbolize their preferred NFL groups and compete on the digital turf.

Players can characterize one of 32 specific NFL golf equipment all through the Madden series, hosted on esports platform Battlefy, and compete in a 1-on-1, double removal bracket for a hazard to be a finalist in the digital Championship match round the 2021 Super Bowl and win a PS5 or Xbox Series X and NFL Gear.

To participate, gamers should have get entry to to Madden NFL 21 on Xbox One or PS4. Players are no longer required to be an NFL FLAG athlete.

Registration is free and open to gamers between the a long time of eight to 15. However, areas are limited. Registration is open on-line now.

"We desired to open up this probability to all younger NFL followers so that everybody can journey the exhilaration of representing their group on Madden NFL 21," stated NFL FLAG Executive Director Izell Reese. "With the help of the NFL, Subway and Battlefy, we're capable to provide a once-in-a-lifetime tournament for game enthusiasts throughout the u . s . a . and fulfill the aggressive pressure that many of them are lacking off of the soccer field. Athletes are keen to play, and we expect over 30,000 participants, making this the greatest adolescence Madden esports match ever."

"We are constantly searching to develop the sport and are excited to carry the NFL FLAG event to the esports community," stated Rachel Hoagland, NFL Vice President and Head of Gaming & eSports. "Along with Madden, Reigning Champs Experiences and Subway, we will be in a position to create memorable and shared experiences for our youthful fans to experience whilst displaying satisfaction for their favourite NFL teams."

Event operator Battlefy will host 32 NFC and 32 AFC tournaments in December - sixteen on PS4 and sixteen on Xbox One - main up to the Youth Club Finals February 4-6. Finalists will compete in a live, digital championship tournament at some stage in the 2021 Super Bowl weekend.

"As the digital domestic of 230,000 independently operated esports tournaments and leagues throughout the globe, Battlefy is delighted to accomplice with NFL FLAG as they proceed to carry the excitement, passion, and opposition from the discipline to the on-line world of esports," stated Zach Hahn, Global Head of Sales with Battlefy. "It is very moneymaking to provide children a hazard to compete and characterize their favourite groups in a secure and aggressive environment. I understand I would have cherished that as a kid!"

The tournament, accomplished and produced through NFL FLAG running companion Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX), is NFL FLAG's 2nd esports opposition this year. In August, NFL FLAG hosted 200 gamers throughout ninety NFL FLAG leagues in the NFL FLAG Madden 20 pilot tournament.

The NFL FLAG Madden 21 Youth Club Championship Presented through Subway will observe the Madden NFL Championship series, which brings collectively the greatest Madden NFL neighborhood for an annual gaming opposition for game enthusiasts sixteen and older, hosted via EA Sports.

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NFL FLAG is an NFL licensed property of extra than 1,600 regionally operated leagues and over 500,000 childhood athletes throughout all 50 states.

NFL FLAG is a exciting and available non-contact league made reachable for childhood a long time 5-17. Flag soccer is a developing recreation with ordinary participation of extra than three million formative years and adults in the United States.

ABOUT REIGNING CHAMPS EXPERIENCES (RCX)

Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX) is the premier youth-sports experiences business, going for walks and running leagues, camps, combines, tournaments and events.

Part of Reigning Champs LLC, RCX works with expert leagues, countrywide governing bodies, sports-centric agencies and manufacturers to reimagine early life sports activities experiences. RCX produces occasions with world-class companions which includes the NFL, Jr. NBA, NAIA, Rivals.com and the 2022 World Games.

RCX is dedicated to enhancing the accessibility and inclusivity of sports activities through bettering the early life sports activities journey and growing possibilities for all athletes to play. We trust sports activities have the strength to radically change lives and that each athlete must have the possibility to ride the price of sports. For extra facts