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It’s the first time the OT7 title recreation will air on tv.
By Tony Maglio
NBC will air stay — and Peacock will stream — Additional time’s OT7 spring seven-on-seven contact soccer league’s championship recreation this yr, The Hollywood Reporter has discovered. It can mark the primary time the OT7 title recreation is being televised.
The OT7 championship recreation, which is able to happen in California (location TBD), will probably be offered and promoted alongside the Navy All-American Bowl, the highschool soccer all-star recreation that has been televised by NBC Sports activities for greater than 20 years. Different “choose” OT7 playoff video games will probably be aired on the league’s “championship weekend,” June 13-14 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, Additional time says.
Associated Tales
OT7 is a high-speed contact soccer recreation for highschool youngsters. Even with out pads, hitting and 4 different gamers (per group), the modified recreation can nonetheless breed school stars. Most of those youngsters play common soccer within the fall; OT7 is type of a supplemental passing academy-type league.
Greater than 100 league alumni performed on SEC and Large Ten groups final seasons, Additional time says. Notable former OT7 and Navy All-American Bowl alumni embrace Ohio State broad receiver and 2025 unanimous All-American Jeremiah Smith, Oregon quarterback Dante Moore, and Houston quarterback commit Keisean Henderson (the primary participant within the class of 2026 and the primary underclassmen to be named MVP of the Navy All-American Bowl).
The Navy All-American Bowl is the most-watched highschool sporting occasion within the nation. In its 27-year historical past (it’s been on an NBC Sports activities TV channel since 2002), the sport has delivered 630 NFL gamers. The bowl partnered with Additional time, a sports-media firm and league operator centered on Gen Z, within the gross sales, distribution and authentic content material companies in January.
“We don’t take into consideration this as a single broadcast occasion. We give it some thought as the start of a longterm relationship between OT7, NBC Sports activities, and hundreds of thousands of followers that comply with these soccer properties,” mentioned Marc Kohn, president of content material & media, Additional time. “Our job now’s to make the fan expertise so compelling they turn into lifelong followers of OT7 and the Navy All-American Bowl. That’s what we’re centered on.”
“NBC Sports activities’ partnership with Additional time’s OT7’s and its in depth social media presence gives a strong nationwide showcase and platform for the perfect highschool soccer gamers within the nation,” mentioned Gary Quinn, vp, partnerships & owned properties, NBC Sports activities. “As the house of the Navy All-American Bowl and now OT7’s Championship weekend, NBC Sports activities can proceed elevating the alternatives for these elite highschool athletes and our company companions.”
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