Liberty University defensive back Javon Scruggs (#1) is shown during a 2019 game at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg. Image: Charles Conrad/Times Virginian Archives

Liberty University Athletics and ESPN have reached a new five-year extension for the exclusive media rights to Liberty’s home football games, beginning with the 2021 season through 2025.

Liberty inked its first football media rights agreement with ESPN in 2018 during the Flames’ first season at the FBS level.

This new agreement ensures that all Liberty home football games will air on an ESPN platform while guaranteeing that one game each year will air on an ESPN linear network. ESPN also has the right to choose a non-traditional day (non-Saturday) for a second linear network telecast, with all remaining games distributed on an ESPN digital platform.

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