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GRAND FORKS, North Dakota – North Dakota Athletics announced a partnership with Teamworks Influencer, the leading content and compliance platform for name, image and likeness (NIL) management. This partnership will provide Fighting Hawks student-athletes with cutting-edge tools to enhance their personal brand, maximize NIL opportunities and safely navigate the evolving landscape of college sports through the newly created North Dakota NIL Exchange.
“This partnership with Teamworks Influencer allows us to provide new opportunities for our student-athletes,” said UND Director of Athletics Bill Chaves. “Additionally, our staff looks forward to working with a leading company in this space.”
Through this collaboration, UND student-athletes across all sports will have access to Influencer’s suite of resources, allowing 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 build their personal brand through curated media content provided by the athletic department and their own creative efforts, allowing them to expand their social reach and leverage NIL agreements with confidence.
The North Dakota NIL Exchange is a student-athlete NIL registry tailored for businesses, collectives, donors, alumni, fans and others interested in connecting specifically with UND student-athletes. Once 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 by various criteria. They can message the student-athlete directly within the app or request the student-athlete’s contact information (or their representative’s contact information) to initiate a discussion about a NIL transaction. Teamworks Influencer and the University of North Dakota will not be involved in any negotiations.
“We are proud to partner with UND to support the launch of the North Dakota NIL Exchange,” said Sean Kelly, Managing Director of Teamworks Influencer. “We are excited to see the NIL opportunities they will have within the exchange and to play a small role in fostering these connections.”
About Teamworks Influencer
Teamworks Influencer, available on the Teamworks OS for Sports™, is the leading athlete branding and NIL business management application for more than 270 elite collegiate and professional sports organizations. The Influencer for Athletes 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 across their social media channels. The Influencer platform also includes the impactful Influencer Exchange. Schools can direct businesses, collectives and fans looking to find, communicate with, pay for and report NIL transactions with student-athletes in this school-customized NIL exchange. The Influencer Local Exchange maximizes student-athlete share of wallet 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 created, the University of North Dakota gave its name to North Dakota when the former Dakota territories split into two separate states. Today, UND is a busy 521-acre campus, the largest in the state. UND has become an innovator in engineering, medicine, aviation and unmanned aircraft systems.
For more information on North Dakota Athletics, follow on social media @UNDsports or visit FightingHawks.com.
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