South Carolina Teams with INFLCR to Launch Gamecock Exchange

University of South Carolina Athletics, in partnership with INFLCR, has released a detailed Name, Graphic and Likeness system – Gamecock Trade – that will give the chance for South Carolina student-athletes and fascinated outdoors functions to specifically hook up on NIL partnerships and options.

Gamecock Exchange will be the central marketplace for all NIL chances and reporting. Interested parties and companies will now be able to sign-up via an on line portal and associate immediately with Carolina student-athletes.

“The Gamecocks Trade will make connecting with our university student-athletes simpler than ever for organizations,” mentioned South Carolina Athletics Director Ray Tanner. “We are happy to keep on our pursuit of excellence in the identify, image, likeness place and are energized for the future of NIL programming at South Carolina.”

South Carolina and INFLCR have been companions in the NIL room due to the fact the start of the NIL system in July, 2021. INFLCR has permitted Carolina student-athletes to use video clip, photograph and graphics content material in serving to construct their makes.

For the duration of the Gamecocks’ operate to the NCAA Women’s Basketball nationwide championship, South Carolina’s innovative groups uploaded 2,186 items of content during the 20-working day run by the NCAA Event for the workforce to use. The staff downloaded 468 items of material throughout that time.

INFLCR is the nationwide leader in athlete manufacturer constructing, NIL opportunity creation and information administration, with its platforms utilized by a lot more than 250 collegiate and skilled businesses.

In addition to the Gamecock Trade, each South Carolina college student-athlete has entry to INFLCR’s articles delivery procedure. The system will allow pupil-athletes to promptly and seamlessly accessibility media, images, films and other content material that bolsters their online presence. The process also supplies analytics that will enable pupil-athletes evaluate audience engagement.

At the same time, Gamecock Athletics will have details that will allow the department to assist review info that impacts attendance, recruiting, enthusiast engagement, fundraising and other crucial strategic ambitions.

Gamecock Exchange will be a free of charge services to scholar-athletes and corporations.

Immediately after registering by means of the on-line portal, which is done in four simple techniques, a organization, collective or personal will be granted entry to a searchable databases of USC college student-athletes. Those parties can then information the pupil-athlete specifically or request make contact with data to start out NIL transaction discussions.

There are also other sizeable rewards offered to the student-athlete as a result of the INFLCR system. They incorporate a payment processing device that will be certain safe payment for the student-athlete, as nicely as an automated tally on a consolidated 1099 tax form, a function that will aid scholar-athletes realize a lot more productive and correct tax reporting.

“We’ve witnessed Carolina scholar-athletes & teams be very successful in creating their makes and monetizing in the NIL house over the previous 12 months, but it will only get greater now that they have entry to the Gamecock Exchange” reported INFLCR Founder Jim Cavale. “The INFLCR powered trade will guarantee South Carolina’s current and upcoming university student-athletes have a single spot to start off escalating a brand, obtain prospects, get compensated with zero transaction service fees and report all NIL action.”