Host of wildly popular CoD talk show suggest they might be ‘limited’ in the future

The Flank, along with other major watch-party style talk shows that cover the CDL, will not be allowed to broadcast gameplay from the league, even after the matches have concluded, according to Tommy “ZooMaa” Paparatto. The Call of Duty League is moving back to YouTube as its exclusive broadcaster for 2024, after a year back on Twitch that saw viewership numbers soar. As a result, it appears that several streamers won’t be getting rights to watch-party the games, and Majors and have been limited in the exact kind of content they can produce about the league. The YouTube exclusivity deal is being taken seriously by the league. ZooMaa claims that they could gain access to the games again, but they have to move to YouTube as a platform in order to do so. The email they received is less about the league despising the concept or vibe of the show itself and more about protecting its business partner. In the past, The Flank was a popular call-in style show, where professional players would sometimes join to debate tactics or give their side of a drama-filled story. It is, for better or for worse, exactly like what you imagine a mass
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