EA and the NFL announced on Friday a partnership with ESPN and Disney XD to broadcast the two-part EA Sports Madden NFL 18 Championship Series.
The first part is the Madden NFL Club Championship, which begins with the Pro Bowl today and culminates in the final at the Super Bowl Experience in Minneapolis on Feb. 1. Part two will kick off the day after with the Madden NFL Ultimate League that runs for 2 1/2 months until it finishes at the NFL Draft on April 28.
This is ESPN’s first long-term, multi-event competitive gaming agreement, as Digital Media Programming VP John Lasker said in a statement that the deal is for multiple years.