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thibodeaux
April 22, 2022

Kayvon Thibodeaux to Release NFT Trading Card ahead of NFL Draft

Former Oregon star edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux, one of the top prospects heading into next month’s NFL Draft, unveiled his new trading card and silver round at The MINT Collective in Las Vegas over the weekend, an opportunity he hopes will sho...


orreco
April 22, 2022

Orreco Launches @thlete App to Centralize Athlete’s Data

Ireland-based sports science and technology company, Orreco, recently announced @thlete®, a revolutionary software platform empowering athletes with the knowledge and tools to own their performance and their data. Unlocking the power of data I...


nbc
April 22, 2022

NBC Sports Teams Up with Notre Dame, Temple, & Vanderbilt for NIL Deal

NBC Sports has launched ‘NBC Sports Athlete Direct,’ a platform linking college student-athletes and advertisers through a trusted marketplace, enabling student-athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL). NBC Sports Athlete Dir...


recruiting
April 1, 2022

College Recruiting Platform Partners with MFCA

Signing Day Sports, the future of recruiting for college athletics, is now the exclusive student-athlete recruiting platform of the Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA), it was announced today. Now more than a thousand high school coaches ...


5G
April 1, 2022

Study Confirms 5G Viability at Athletic Stadiums

The 5G VISTA project aims to see the use of 5G technologies to deepen audience engagement, broaden content for fans and create valuable new commercial opportunities. It is based on technologies such as 5G New Radio, enhanced mobile broadband, a...


colonial
March 7, 2022

Colonial Athletic Association Launches League’s First NFTs

Fanaply, the eco-friendly NFT solution provider for the world’s biggest names in sports, music and entertainment, has partnered with the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) to release a series of NFTs supporting the 2022 Colonial Athletic Associa...


oregon
March 4, 2022

Oregon Athletics Launches School-Licensed NIL Marketplace

The University of Oregon announced today the creation of the Official NIL Marketplace of the Oregon Ducks, the first licensed school marketplace in college sports, which will support Oregon student-athletes in maximizing name, image, and likeness op...


nft
March 4, 2022

Companies Partner to Enhance NFT Collegiate Fan Experience

LEARFIELD has announced a multi-faceted agreement with RECUR to drive the creation and adoption of collegiate digital products and collectibles via RECUR’s leading collegiate NFT experience, NFTU.com. The long-term enterprise relationship brings...


nfts
February 21, 2022

Three’s Company: NFTs, NIL, and the NCAA

Since the NCAA's new stance on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rule regarding collegiate student-athletes there has been an explosion of opportunities to monetize their careers before turning pro. That shift in thought coincides with the rise of c...


vanderbilt
February 21, 2022

Vanderbilt Baseball Debuts ‘Pitch-Signaling’ Wearable Devices

The Vanderbilt baseball team debuted a new wearable pitch-signal device this season. According to a recent report from CBS Sports, Commodore players wear the watch-like device on their glove hand to receive pitch selection information from the coa...