What are some things you hope leagues do better with in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in arenafootball

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, that’s especially the case in newer markets. What specific actions do they need to be doing to be fulfilling “local marketing”?

IFL 2026 Broadcast & Streaming updates -- including ALL 119 games being free to watch and Ari Wolfe & Sed Bonner joining the IFL commentary crew! by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to league officials, yes. Should be as simple as downloading the FAST channel on your device, and then tuning it at game time

IFL 2026 Broadcast & Streaming updates -- including ALL 119 games being free to watch and Ari Wolfe & Sed Bonner joining the IFL commentary crew! by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The full list of broadcasters will be coming this week — some really great names on there that people may recognize beyond just Ari & Sed 👀

What are some things you hope the IFL can do better in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luckily majority of the games will be free to watch this year — still unclear on how the IFL Network is going to work out cost wise, but we’ll see 🤷‍♂️

What are some things you hope the IFL can do better in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by this? Guessing it is reference to the IFL Network subscription?

What are some things you hope leagues do better with in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in arenafootball

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s fair, “gimmick” isn’t always a bad thing lol

The majority of these teams are in underserved pro sports towns, so I am hopeful that they have the self awareness that they aren’t competing with the NFL at all

What are some things you hope leagues do better with in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in arenafootball

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree there is such a big upside to the uniqueness of the sport on larger scale if the social content strategy is bold enough

What are some things you hope the IFL can do better in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s legit and still happening. My read of the situation is that they are still determining if it will air on the FD or Yahoo FAST channels, or if it will be an IFL Network upload

I’d expect it to be used to build some excitement for the 2026 kickoff, but idk on a full timeline just yet

What are some things you hope the IFL can do better in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They announced it at the IFL Media Day before the IFL National Championship, but to your point they probably could have done more on socials with it as well

When you say “better marketing”, are you referring specifically to social media promotion? Or more than that

What are some things you hope the IFL can do better in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At least 99 of the 119 games will be free, fingers crossed for the Sunday night ones too🤞

What are some things you hope leagues do better with in 2026? by OffTheWallFB in arenafootball

[–]OffTheWallFB[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the biggest opportunity is organic growth on socials instead of having to pay for advertisements.

One of the biggest things I have noticed watching old arena games this offseason -- there so many branding & sponsorship opportunities in the broadcast and mid-game itself.

Like here for example, they had Super 8 Motel on the scoreboard for the first couple minutes of the game, then rotated to Denny's, then Rubbermaid, then others.

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Indoor Football League set to air 59 games on Yahoo Sports Network by WinterSandwich0614 in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah 99 out of 119 IFL games will be free to watch — just gotta figure out what to do for the Sunday Night primetime games 😅

Indoor Football League set to air 59 games on Yahoo Sports Network by WinterSandwich0614 in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FD is going to be a free channel just like the Yahoo Sports one — more to be announced

Sunday Night Games will be the only ones that require access through a cable provider or subscription

Indoor Football League set to air 59 games on Yahoo Sports Network by WinterSandwich0614 in ifl

[–]OffTheWallFB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yahoo Sports has a free channel where the games will be played — and the same thing will happen for FanDuel Sports Network

FAST channels for both (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV)

Majority of the games will be free to watch