Own a school

Parents, students, grandparents and coaches all share these. A score card from Friday night gets forwarded into group chats, screenshotted, and reposted by the players themselves. Nothing else we publish moves like that.

Your name sits on it every time, all season, in front of an audience that is paying close attention rather than scrolling past.

You pick a school. Every card we produce for that school carries your business, in a consistent spot, in the same design so it reads as a partnership rather than an ad.

One school, one business. When a school is taken we will tell you rather than stacking three businesses onto the same card and diluting all of them.

This is advertising. You are buying placement on the coverage we produce about a school, the same way you would buy a page in a newspaper that covered it. No money goes to the school, the team or the athletic program, and East of Tampa is not affiliated with or endorsed by any school or district.

We say that plainly because the word sponsor gets used loosely out here and we would rather you know exactly what you are buying.

Local papers largely stopped covering high school sports out here. The recognition that used to come from being in the paper is the thing we are trying to put back, and it matters to these athletes more than people remember.

Taking a school is a marketing spend that also keeps that coverage running. Those are rare.

Which schools are available?

It changes through the season. Email us and we will tell you what is open at your school.

Does the school get any of this money?

No. This is advertising, not a donation. You are paying East of Tampa for placement on our coverage.

Do you cover more than football?

Yes. All sports, and Local Spotlight is open to middle school, youth and club teams too.

Can I take more than one school?

Yes, and several partners do when their service area covers multiple.