The Colonial Athletic Association has announced comprehensive media rights agreements with CBS Sports and FloSports.

The CAA signed a new four-year extension with CBS Sports, providing the conference with more nationally-televised basketball games than ever before. Starting in 2023-24, CBS Sports Network will televise at least 20 CAA regular-season men’s basketball games in addition to the semifinals and finals of the CAA Men’s Basketball Championship and the title game of the CAA Women’s Basketball Championship.

Along with the 20 televised regular-season contests in men’s basketball, the new agreement with CBS Sports includes the possibility of additional regular-season games in men’s and women’s basketball based on schedule availability.

CBS Sports Network has televised the semifinals and finals of the CAA Men’s Basketball Championship since 2017 and has aired regular-season contests for the past four years. The CAA Women’s Basketball Championship game will be shown on CBS Sports Network for the first time this March.

“The CAA has been a key partner for the past six years, and we are pleased to expand our relationship with this extension,” said Dan Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Sports. “We look forward to showcasing more CAA games than ever before, and to crowning the champions of both the CAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships.”

The conference also extended its wide-ranging media partnership with FloSports to serve as the exclusive world-wide digital platform for live and on-demand coverage of CAA sports through 2026-27. The new eight-figure agreement with FloSports is the most lucrative media rights deal in league history and will see over 1,200 games air annually, including the majority of conference championships.

All games which are produced by the CAA’s 14 member institutions will continue to air on FloSports on the digital side with schools retaining the rights for local linear television distribution. The contract includes new requirements that will enhance the quality of broadcasts across all streamed sporting events.

“FloSports is proud to strengthen and extend our partnership with Commissioner D’Antonio and the Membership of the Colonial Athletic Association,” said Mike Levy, FloSports Vice President, Global Rights Acquisition. “Our aligned vision will further enable multi-platform viewership growth, broad collaboration across production and storytelling, and deeper engagement across CAA athletics as we collectively spotlight the student-athletes and teams across the Conference.”

The CAA and FloSports have been partners since 2019, when the CAA became the first collegiate conference to select a streaming OTT, direct-to-consumer company as its primary media partner. Over that time more than 3,000 CAA events have been streamed on FloSports, building the exposure of CAA sports by making events available to a global audience. FloSports currently has partnerships with nine collegiate athletic conferences, including the BIG EAST.

“The CAA is excited to be able to both renew and expand its partnerships with CBS Sports and FloSports,” said CAA Commissioner Joe D’Antonio. “The ability to work with two tremendous partners that understand the strategic goals of the Conference, has allowed the CAA to provide its membership with one of the most comprehensive media rights packages in the country among mid-major Conferences relative to exposure through CBS Sports Network’s national telecasts as well as revenue and flexibility through our groundbreaking deal with FloSports.”

The partnership expansion deals with both CBS Sports and FloSports were each negotiated by Collegiate Sports Management Group (CSMG).

ABOUT CBS SPORTS NETWORK

CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

ABOUT FLOSPORTS

Founded in 2006, FloSports is a subscription video streaming service dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand access to hundreds of thousands of competition events across 25+ vertical sport categories in the US and abroad. FloSports’ vision is to give underserved sports the love they deserve. With a growing library of more than 300,000 hours of premium content including news, expert commentary, films, documentaries and more, FloSports has established itself as an innovator and leader in sports streaming. Finally, your sport has a home. For more information, please visit: flosports.tv.

ABOUT THE CAA AND CAA FOOBALL 

Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, the CAA and CAA Football each have 13 full members. The conferences have combined to produce 17 national team champions in four different sports, 33 individual national champions, 15 national players of the year, 15 national coaches of the year, and 13 winners of the Honda Award. For more information, visit CAASports.com. 

CAA full member institutions include: College of Charleston, University of Delaware, Drexel University, Elon University, Hampton University, Hofstra University, Monmouth University, North Carolina A&T State University, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Northeastern University, Stony Brook University, Towson University and William & Mary. Campbell University will join as a full member on July 1, 2023.

CAA Football member institutions include: University at Albany, University of Delaware, Elon University, Hampton University, University of Maine, Monmouth University, University of New Hampshire, University of Rhode Island, University of Richmond, Stony Brook University, Towson University, Villanova University and William & Mary. Campbell University and North Carolina A&T State University will join as members on July 1, 2023.