The NFL is everywhere Visa wants to be

Visa Inc. (V), which owns the largest credit-card network, said today it has renewed its sponsorship agreement with the National Football League for five years. The agreement extends Visa's alliance with the NFL through the 2014 season.

Though Visa advertises with other leagues, its deepest relationship is with the NFL. A sponsor of the league since the 1995 season, Visa will be the exclusive payment service for the NFL and all official NFL events. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. There are about 20 corporate NFL sponsors, said an NFL spokesman.