Flo Sports

[IC798891]

It's cheaper to watch Rochester now than it used to be.

Rochester wasn't the only team competing in the tournament, and several games didn't include them at all.

Hope this helpes

[y_jack_lok]

It's cheaper to watch Rochester now than it used to be.

Rochester wasn't the only team competing in the tournament, and several games didn't include them at all.

Hope this helpes

And Rochester is the only UAA (and thus Flo connected) school that competes in softball in the LL. NYU is an affiliate member of the LL, but competes in the UAA in softball.

[Ron Boerger]

The SAA finally announced they are jumping on the Flo cash grab.  https://x.com/SAA_Sports/status/2054230586315653582

[scottiedoug]

Well so much for resisting.  Here is Maryville's posting about this error.

https://mcscots.com/news/2026/5/12/general-saa-announces-exclusive-media-rights-partnership-with-flosports.aspx

[ADL70]

I know Rochester is split between two conferences, (and typically charges anyway), but it's ridiculous to me that the Liberty League softball championship is behind FloSports' paywall when the Liberty League is not part of Flo

Has anyone inquired if Rochester is sharing revenue from the championship with LL or the other paarticipating teams?

[Patrick Coleman]

I know Rochester is split between two conferences, (and typically charges anyway), but it's ridiculous to me that the Liberty League softball championship is behind FloSports' paywall when the Liberty League is not part of Flo

Has anyone inquired if Rochester is sharing revenue from the championship with LL or the other paarticipating teams?

There isn't any revenue specifically tied to any specific event. It's year-long.

[ziggy]

Well so much for resisting.  Here is Maryville's posting about this error.

https://mcscots.com/news/2026/5/12/general-saa-announces-exclusive-media-rights-partnership-with-flosports.aspx

It was a poorly-kept secret that the SAA would go this direction, however attached to what I had heard was that Trinity would be an opt-out, as they were when the SCAC deal was announced prior to their departure. Perhaps the silence out of San Antonio speaks for itself, but the announcements out there don't indicate any schools will operate outside this agreement.

Through this agreement, FloSports will serve as the global home for live and on-demand SAA competitions across its member institutions.

The SAA's core membership includes Berry College, Centre College, Maryville College, Millsaps College, Oglethorpe University, Rhodes College, The University of the South (Sewanee), Southwestern University, and Trinity University.

Listing Trinity as a core member of the conference is factually correct regardless of whether or not they are part of this deal and it wouldn't be a surprise for those putting together this "exciting" announcement to not watn to mention that a school has opted out. Will be interesting to see if Trinity addresses this directly soon.

[IC798891]

In a similar vein, I'm actually curious how this works for something like a regional or state tournament like we see in wrestling or baseball.

If Oswego Stare is the host institution for a 20-team wrestling New York State wrestling tournament and the SUNYAC uses Flo, does that mean it's behind the paywall for everyone? Because this LL softball tournament seems to indicate that it's the host institution's affiliation with Flo, and not the specific tournament's affiliation that matters.

[Kuiper]

Well so much for resisting.  Here is Maryville's posting about this error.

https://mcscots.com/news/2026/5/12/general-saa-announces-exclusive-media-rights-partnership-with-flosports.aspx

It was a poorly-kept secret that the SAA would go this direction, however attached to what I had heard was that Trinity would be an opt-out, as they were when the SCAC deal was announced prior to their departure. Perhaps the silence out of San Antonio speaks for itself, but the announcements out there don't indicate any schools will operate outside this agreement.

Through this agreement, FloSports will serve as the global home for live and on-demand SAA competitions across its member institutions.

The SAA's core membership includes Berry College, Centre College, Maryville College, Millsaps College, Oglethorpe University, Rhodes College, The University of the South (Sewanee), Southwestern University, and Trinity University.

Listing Trinity as a core member of the conference is factually correct regardless of whether or not they are part of this deal and it wouldn't be a surprise for those putting together this "exciting" announcement to not watn to mention that a school has opted out. Will be interesting to see if Trinity addresses this directly soon.

Not only are both Trinity and Southwestern silent (each of which opted out of the SCAC FloSports deal), but so is Oglethorpe as far as I can tell.

[Ron Boerger]

Oglethorpe's president is quoted in the announcement.

Southwestern Athletics (@SUPirates) RT'd the Xitter announcement.