CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced today a two-year agreement with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Sideline Sports to serve as the official championship photographer of the League, beginning with this weekend’s New Balance Cross Country Championships presented by UCS.

Sideline Sports will photograph all rounds of Big South championship events during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, as well as any pre-championship banquets and post-championship awards ceremonies.  Sideline Sports will provide photo galleries of each championship as soon as possible on the Big South website, www.BigSouthSports.com, while all photos taken by Sideline Sports will be available for parents/fans of the Big South Conference to purchase at www.bigsouthphotos.com. 

In addition, Sideline Sports will conduct on-site sales at each Big South Championship, beginning with the Big South Women’s Soccer Championship on Nov. 6.

ABOUT SIDELINE SPORTS
Sideline Sports, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is the leading collegiate sports photography service in the southeast.  Sideline Sports has been in existence since 1998 and has revolutionized collegiate sports photography by combining customized retail services with a network of professional sports photographers.  Sideline Sports partnered with over 100 collegiate clients last year alone and maintains exclusive contracts with the Southern Conference, the Atlantic Sun Conference, the Big South Conference, UCF, Davidson, Mercer, Stetson, UNF, Jacksonville, and Bethune-Cookman.