# Which Big East schools use Playfly Sports? 3 of the 11 Big East athletic departments covered by Whistle (27%) use Playfly Sports, the multimedia rights holder, as of 4 Nov 2026: Butler University, Georgetown University, Villanova University. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 25 use Playfly Sports (2%), so the Big East is above the national adoption rate. Among multimedia rights vendors detected in the Big East, Playfly Sports ranks No. 2 of 2. _Data as of 4 Nov 2026._ Source: automated detection on each Big East department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 11 covered Big East schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/big-east_ ## Playfly Sports in the Big East at a glance - **Vendor:** [Playfly Sports](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports) — Multimedia rights holder - **Category:** Multimedia rights - **Conference:** [Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east) - **Big East schools using it:** 3 of 11 covered (27%) - **All NCAA schools using it:** 25 of 1,085 covered (2%) - **Rank among multimedia rights vendors in the Big East:** No. 2 of 2 ## Which Big East schools use Playfly Sports? | School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Butler University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/butler) | Division I | Indianapolis, Indiana | 159 | 2026-11-01 | | [Georgetown University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/georgetown) | Division I | Washington, District of Columbia | 158 | 2026-11-01 | | [Villanova University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/villanova) | Division I | Villanova, Pennsylvania | 205 | 2026-11-01 | ## Which other multimedia rights vendors do Big East schools use? Vendors in the same category detected at covered Big East departments. A school can appear under more than one vendor when it runs, say, one system for season tickets and another for single-game sales. | Vendor | Big East schools | Share of covered schools | | --- | ---: | ---: | | [Learfield](https://gowhistle.io/technology/learfield/big-east) | 7 | 64% | | **Playfly Sports** | 3 | 27% | ## Where else is Playfly Sports used? - [Playfly Sports in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/aac) — 3 schools - [Playfly Sports in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/big-ten) — 3 schools - [Playfly Sports in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/sun-belt) — 3 schools - [Playfly Sports in the ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/asun) — 2 schools - [Playfly Sports in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/atlantic-10) — 2 schools - [Playfly Sports in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/mountain-west) — 2 schools - [Playfly Sports in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/sec) — 2 schools ## Method A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Playfly Sports with at least medium confidence. Detection is automated and re-run as directories refresh: absence means not detected, not not used, and contracts change, so confirm with the department before relying on a single listing. This page is published when at least 2 covered Big East schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is [Big East Athletics Staff Directory](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east); every Playfly Sports school nationally is on [Which colleges use Playfly Sports?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports). ## Frequently asked questions **How many Big East schools use Playfly Sports?** 3 of the 11 covered Big East athletic departments (27%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Butler University, Georgetown University, Villanova University. **Is Playfly Sports more common in the Big East than elsewhere?** 27% of covered Big East schools use Playfly Sports against 2% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments. **Who at these schools buys or runs multimedia rights?** The multimedia rights staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on [paid plans](https://gowhistle.io/pricing), with alerts when the role changes hands. **Where does this technology data come from?** From the staff directories athletic departments publish on their official websites, read automatically on a rolling schedule (NCAA Division I roughly weekly, Division II and III every three to four weeks). Whistle never publishes names, emails or phone numbers on public pages; staff can remove their details at any time at [gowhistle.io/remove-my-info](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling against Playfly Sports in the Big East, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current multimedia rights contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over. --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. Public pages show counts and roles only, never personal contact details. Site summary: https://gowhistle.io/llms.txt