The Dominion Football League announced Thursday that it has reached a one-year, $21.6 million national media rights agreement for Season 6, a deal the league described as the largest commercial partnership in its history.

In a press release issued from Richmond, Virginia, Commissioner Kyle Fitzgerald said the agreement will be distributed evenly across the league’s 12 franchises, with each club receiving $1.8 million. The league said the payout marks a sharp increase from last season, when each of its 10 teams received $250,000.

The DFL, a persistent multiplayer American life simulation’s professional football league, said the agreement comes ahead of what it called its most ambitious season to date. According to the release, Season 6 will feature 12 clubs, a 14-game regular season schedule and a postseason format that has not yet been detailed publicly.

Fitzgerald said the deal reflects the league’s recent expansion into more markets and growing confidence from broadcasters and fans. In the statement, he said the league had grown from a small regional operation into a competition with teams in markets across the country.

The release identified several of those markets as Dallas, San Antonio, Denver, Washington, Tampa Bay and Miami. The league did not name the media partner or partners involved in the rights agreement, and it did not disclose broadcast terms beyond the total value, the one-year length and the equal team distributions.

“This agreement is a defining moment for the Dominion Football League,” Fitzgerald said in the release. “Just a few seasons ago, we were a small regional league with a vision. Today, our teams compete in markets across the country, and this partnership reflects the confidence that broadcasters and fans have in where we’re headed.”

The equal split of media revenue is being presented by league leadership as part of a broader emphasis on competitive balance and long-term stability. Fitzgerald said in the release that every franchise would share in the new revenue because each club had contributed to the league’s growth.

“Our owners have invested in building something sustainable,” Fitzgerald said. “Every franchise shares in this success because every franchise has helped make the DFL what it is today. This agreement strengthens every club while positioning our league for continued national expansion.”

The announcement suggests a significant year-over-year change in league media revenue on a per-team basis. Based on figures released by the league, the distribution rises from $250,000 per team last season to $1.8 million per team for Season 6. The total number of franchises has also increased, from 10 to 12, according to the DFL’s statement.

The financial boost could give franchises a larger operating cushion as the league scales up nationally, though the release did not specify how clubs are expected to use the funds. It also did not say whether the agreement includes digital rights, production commitments or renewal options after Season 6.

Fitzgerald, who is identified in the provided background as a Texas legislator and former football coach, has been positioned as a key public face of the league’s expansion. Thursday’s announcement focused on the business side of that growth and framed the media package as a foundation for the next stage of the DFL’s development.

No start date for Season 6 was included in the release. The league said additional details about the upcoming season would be announced in the coming weeks.

For now, the central takeaway from the DFL’s announcement is the scale of the new agreement and the direct effect on team finances. If the figures released by the league hold, each franchise will enter Season 6 with a markedly larger guaranteed media distribution than in the prior season, a step the DFL says will support both stability and future expansion.