GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota Athletics has announced a partnership with Teamworks Influencer, the leading content and compliance platform for Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) management. The partnership will provide Fighting Hawks student-athletes with cutting-edge tools to enhance their personal brands, maximize NIL opportunities and safely navigate the evolving landscape of collegiate athletics through the newly established North Dakota NIL Exchange.
"This partnership with Teamworks Influencer serves as another way for us to provide potential opportunities for our student-athletes," said UND Athletics Director Bill Chaves. "In addition, our staff looks forward to working with a company that is the leader in this space."
Through this collaboration, student-athletes across all sports at UND will have access to Influencer's suite of resources, enabling them to seamlessly share personalized content, track social media analytics and manage their NIL activities within NCAA guidelines. With the Influencer app, UND student-athletes can grow their personal brands through curated media content provided by the athletics department and their own creative efforts, empowering them to expand their social reach and leverage NIL deals with confidence.
The North Dakota NIL Exchange is a custom-designed student-athlete NIL registry for businesses, collectives, donors, alumni, fans and others wishing to connect specifically with student-athletes at UND. After a business, collective or individual registers on the North Dakota NIL Exchange, they can access a searchable database of UND student-athletes and filter that database through a variety of criteria. They can message the student-athlete directly in the application or request the student-athlete's contact information (or that of their representative) to start a discussion about an NIL transaction. Teamworks Influencer and the University of North Dakota will not be involved in any of the negotiations.
"We are proud to partner with UND to support the launch of the North Dakota NIL Exchange," said Teamworks Influencer General Manager Sean Kelly. "We are excited to see the NIL opportunities they will have within the exchange and play a small part in fostering these connections."
About Teamworks Influencer
Teamworks Influencer, available on Teamworks' Operating System for Sports™, is the leading athlete brand-building and NIL business management app for over 270 elite collegiate and professional sports organizations. The Influencer athlete app educates student-athletes, coaches, and staff for the NIL era in a safe and compliant environment, all powered by best-in-class content delivery for student-athletes to access and share content to their social media channels. The Influencer platform also includes the impactful Influencer Exchange. Schools can direct businesses, collectives, and fans seeking to find, communicate with, pay, and report NIL transactions with student-athletes in this school-customized NIL exchange. The Influencer Local Exchange maximizes the student-athlete wallet share while streamlining compliance and tax reporting responsibilities. To learn more about the Influencer Exchange, please visit teamworks.com/influencer
About UND
Founded in 1883, six years before the state itself was established, the University of North Dakota gave North Dakota its name when the former Dakota territories separated into two distinct states. Today, UND is a busy 521-acre campus, the state's largest. UND has emerged as an innovator in engineering, medicine, aviation, and unmanned aircraft systems.
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