Run Your Own Under the Lights Powered Flag Football League
- $1000 Marketing Deposit required after Operator Agreement is signed
- For New and Established Leagues
- Program includes UTL Branded Jersey, Shorts, Football, Registration Mgmt
- League Winners qualify for UTL Flag National Tournament
- Access to Flag Football Junior Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
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What to Expect
Welcome to Under the Lights Flag Football.
Catering to youth from Pre-K to 8th grade, our nationwide flag football leagues are designed to instill confidence, foster competition, and ensure non-contact fun for both boys and girls of all ages and abilities. We offer coed and all girls divisions.
Our mission is more than just a game; it's about nurturing a safe playing environment and strengthening community bonds. With the ambition to expand our footprint worldwide, we already have a robust network of hundreds of leagues and more than 80,000 athletes.
We're not just offering a sport; we're offering an opportunity. An opportunity to ignite the spark of flag football in your community. We equip you with all the necessary tools to initiate, sustain, and cultivate a flag football league right where you are! Be a part of the movement. Let's shape the future of sports together!
Start a League Benefits
Joining the UTL family is a great way to get year-round support and benefits that assist to help grow the sport of flag football worldwide!
- Programs Available for New and Established Leagues
- Year Round League Support
- Turnkey Fulfillment for Player Kits
- Revenue Share on Apparel Upsells
- Feed into our National Championship Tournaments
- Detailed Operators Manual to help with Seamless league operations
- Coaching calls to help all operators succeed
Program Features
Under the Lights has a long established history as the preeminent 6v6 flag football league in the country with it's own National Championships.
- 6v6 Rules
- $65 Kit includes UTL Jersey, Shorts & 1 Football per team plus Winners qualify for UTL Flag National Championship Tournament
- League and Registration Management Portal
- League Winners qualify for UTL Flag National Championship Tournaments
- Dedicated Sports Engine Page is included for your use
Additional FAQ's
Here is some additional information and answers to common questions about our start-a-league program.
After the operator executes the Operator Agreement, they will be required to pay a $1000 marketing deposit within three business days of signing the contract.
- Operator's responsibilities include, but will not be limited to, the following items:
- Game management of the league
- Rostering
- Uniform ordering (cost of uniforms and footballs will be paid for by Under the Lights)
- Scheduling
- Customer Service
- Leasing the fields
- Organizing the Officials and compensation
- Marketing and promoting the flag league
- Insurance for the league
- Every player will receive a custom UTL game jersey
- Every player will receive a custom UTL game short
- Every team will receive a Under the Lights football
- Flag belts will be provided to the league
- Head Coach trophy and Championship player medals provided
- Sports Engine by NBC Sports website management
- Launchtrack registration management
- Background Check system
- Championship teams qualify for UTL National Championship Tournaments
- Access to custom marketing materials to promote your league
- Custom branded email address
League Operators net roughly $40 per athlete based on our average registration fee of $160 per season and our typical leagues average 230 athletes per season.
Our larger leagues welcome more than 1,000 athletes each season.
Using these numbers, there is potential to earn between 20k-100k per year and that does not include your ability to make ancillary money on vendor relationships and local sponsors.
Expenses include but may not be limited to Insurance, Field Rental, Officials and Marketing.
League operators set their own registration fee/price.
Yes, website landing page will be provided, and other needs or requests can be accommodated.
The best time of the year is dependent on the weather and the location (indoor or outdoor facility). Our team will work with you to determine the best mix of seasons for your area, but Spring, Summer Fall and Winter seasons are available. The spring timeframe overall tends to be the #1 season for flag in general nationwide.
We always look to provide, proven, successful operators the opportunity to grow with Under the Lights. Ask Matt and Tyisha about their stories when you speak with them!