The National Football League (NFL) has released a series of 52 card-themed NFT collectibles dedicated to each team that plays in the league. This launch is set to commemorate the NFL Draft slated to take place between April 28-30 and indicate the league’s willingness to dive deeper into the NFT space.
The 52 NFT collectibles are now live on the league’s Polygon-based NFT marketplace, which the league has also used to promote playoff game ticketing. The NFL, however, stated that the NFT platform is still in its testing and learning stage but that it has witnessed prominent results since its launch in November last year. Each NFT in the collectibles depicts a playing card and costs $52.
The NFT launch is one of the league’s ventures into NFT. It previously created the NFL All Day in partnership with NBA Top Shotmaker Dapper Labs. Both Top Shot and All Day are built on the Flow blockchain. The league’s policy regarding blockchain partnerships remains lucid and developing but has seen movement in the realms of fan tokens and crypto endorsements in recent weeks.
The league’s players association (NFLPA) has also dabbled into a few crypto-related partnerships. This includes an NFT tie-up with sports betting giant DraftKings and a partnership with the metaverse game Upland.