Premier Ultimate League

Premier Ultimate League
SportUltimate
Founded2019
First season2019
No. of teams11
Most recent
champion(s)		Raleigh Radiance
(2023)
Official websitepremierultimateleague.com

The Premier Ultimate League (PUL) is a professional women's ultimate league that formed in 2019. The mission of the PUL is "to achieve equity in the sport of ultimate by increasing accessibility to the sport for, and visibility of women, transgender, intersex, non-binary, genderqueer, and genderfluid people through high-quality competition, leadership experiences, and community partnerships". The league strives for gender, racial, and economic diversity in the sport of ultimate frisbee.[1][2] PUL players are paid $40 per league game.[3]

The PUL is organized as a 501c6 nonprofit entity.[4] In its inaugural year it raised funds by holding a "Sponsor-A-Player" program, raising $120,000 in one week.[5][6] This program was repeated for the 2020 and 2022 seasons with similar success.[7][8][9] The PUL is also sponsored by apparel company VC Ultimate.[6]

  1. ^ "Home Page". Premier Ultimate League. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  2. ^ "Disc sports keep on growing – and aim to expand their empires". the Guardian. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  3. ^ Zagoria, Adam (2019-06-28). "Born of a Boycott, a Women's Ultimate Frisbee League Charts Its Own Path". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  4. ^ Zagoria, Adam. "Women's Professional Ultimate Frisbee League Announces Expansion". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  5. ^ Eisenhood, Charlie (2019-03-19). "PUL Raises $120,000 With Player Jersey Fundraiser". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. ^ a b "Premier Ultimate League Player Sponsorship Program". VC Ultimate. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  7. ^ Hayden, Kelsey (2020-03-03). "PUL Sponsor-A-Player Fundraiser Off To Hot Start". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  8. ^ Raynor, Keith (2020-03-09). "Opening Pull: PUL Player Sponsorship Program, Coronavirus Reactions". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. ^ comments, Keith Raynor in News with 0 (2022-03-14). "Opening Pull: WUL Kickoff, PUL Player Sponsorship". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2022-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)