Women’s flag football will debut for LIU in 2026. And now the Sharks will be among 15 collegiate teams getting a league to play in and grant money to fund their programs as part of a partnership with the Jets.

The NFL team announced Tuesday that the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation will extend a $1 million grant to the ECAC, an investment directed by Jets owner Woody Johnson. It will go toward the launch of the Jets ECAC Women’s Flag Football League, which becomes the largest women’s collegiate flag football circuit in the country.

“Empowering young women through football has always been central to our mission,” Woody Johnson, the son of the late Betty Wold Johnson, said in a statement. “Partnering with the ECAC to launch this league creates a clear pathway for student-athletes to compete,

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