{"id":751069,"date":"2026-07-08T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751069\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:18:08","slug":"new-college-swimming-league-announce-multi-year-media-rights-deal-with-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751069\/","title":{"rendered":"New College Swimming League Announce Multi-Year Media Rights Deal with ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

The College Swimming League (CSL) and ESPN have announced a multi-year agreement that makes ESPN the exclusive broadcast home of the CSL.<\/p>\n

In a press release from the CSL<\/a>, the new league will feature eight matches, six regular-season matches that will be aired on ESPN+, the paid subscription service, and accessible through the ESPN App. In addition to the regular-season schedule, there will be a 7th and 8th match, which will be the \u2018Wild Card\u2019 and Championship matches on November 5 and 6, which are set to be broadcast on ESPNU.<\/p>\n

2026 College Swim League Schedule (per CSL press release<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Match
\nDate
\nWhere to Watch<\/p>\n

Match 1
\nSeptember 24
\nESPN+<\/p>\n

Match 2
\nSeptember 25
\nESPN+<\/p>\n

Match 3
\nOctober 2
\nESPN+<\/p>\n

Match 4
\nOctober 9
\nESPN+<\/p>\n

Match 5
\nOctober 16
\nESPN+<\/p>\n

Match 6
\nOctober 23
\nESPN+<\/p>\n

Match 7 (Wild Card)
\nNovember 7
\nESPNU<\/p>\n

Match 8 (Championship)
\nNovember 8
\nESPNU<\/p>\n

Mallory Kenny, the Director of Programming and Acquisitions, shared in the press release that ESPN is making the \u201cCollege Swimming league\u00a0a strong addition to ESPN\u2019s collegiate sports lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCollege swimming features outstanding student-athletes, passionate fan bases and exciting competition, making the College Swimming League a strong addition to ESPN\u2019s collegiate sports lineup,\u201d Kenny said in the press release from the CSL<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to bring fans every regular-season meet on ESPN+ and the Wild Card and Championship on ESPNU, providing season-long coverage across our platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle Sockwell<\/a>, the Chief Operating Officer of the College Swimming League, shared his excitement in the press release<\/a>, saying that this partnership is \u201cbig for the CSL, but it\u2019s even bigger for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you think of college sports, you think ESPN, so to build a brand-new property from the ground up and earn a live national TV window on ESPNU is huge,\u201d Sockwell said. \u201cThis is big for the CSL, but it\u2019s even bigger for the sport and the fans who have waited years to finally see college swimming on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CSL\u2019s inaugural season will feature 12 teams<\/a>: Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Cal, Stanford, Michigan, NC State, Louisville, Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The College Swimming League (CSL) and ESPN have announced a multi-year agreement that makes ESPN the exclusive broadcast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[37295,322149,349,99],"class_list":["post-751069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-kyle-sockwell","tag-mallory-kenny","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}