The Mid-Ame ica Co fe e ce school becomes a fou di g pa t e of the Austi -based platfo m, gai i g eal-time visibility i to stude t-athlete NIL activity, st eamli ed complia ce wo kflows, a d the ma ket i tellige ce to ide tify ew NIL a d eve ue oppo tu ities.
Austi , TX, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — D1 App oved, a Austi -based tech ology compa y that gives college athletic depa tme ts bette complia ce a d ma ket i tellige ce fo thei stude t-athletes’ ame, image a d like ess (NIL) activity, today a ou ced a pa t e ship with Ce t al Michiga U ive sity. CMU joi s D1 App oved as a fou di g pa t e a d will use the platfo m ac oss its athletic depa tme t to st e gthe NIL complia ce, a d ide tify ew eve ue oppo tu ities fo its stude t-athletes a d p og ams.
Ia Moo ey, CEO a d Fou de of D1 App oved
The D1 App oved (https://d1app oved.com/) platfo m mo ito s stude t-athletes’ public social media activity to su face comme cial co te t a d b a d elatio ships, flags pote tial issues befo e they become p oblems, a d gives complia ce staff a si gle place to eview, docume t a d epo t NIL activity. Laye ed o top is ma ket i tellige ce ac oss all D1 p og ams: which b a ds a e active i college spo ts, how NIL activity compa es by i stitutio , co fe e ce a d spo t, a d which local, egio al a d alum i-co ected pa t e s a depa tme t has yet to tap.
Si ce stude t-athletes gai ed the ight to ea f om thei NIL, athletic depa tme ts have had to keep tabs o activity that happe s la gely outside thei co t ol, o stude t-athletes’ ow accou ts a d i deals with thi d pa ties. The House settleme t aised the stakes, addi g di ect eve ue sha i g f om schools a d a equi eme t to epo t thi d-pa ty deals of $600 o mo e. The wo k still falls to the same sho t-staffed complia ce teams, each cove i g 350 to 600 stude t-athletes.Fo Amy Fola , CMU’s Zyzelewski Family Vice P eside t a d Di ecto of Athletics, whose ca ee i cludes yea s i NCAA complia ce, the decisio was a p actical o e.
“Fo a school ou size, stayi g competitive i NIL sta ts with data,” Fola said. “We eed to k ow whe e we sta d agai st ou pee s, which b a ds a e i vesti g i college stude t-athletes a d whe e ou u tapped pa t e s a e, locally a d ac oss ou alum i base.”
“What we app eciate about D1 App oved is that they a e as focused o st ategy a d ew busi ess as they a e o mi imizi g ou isk a d keepi g ou stude t-athletes complia t,” Fola added. “The platfo m is al eady savi g ou athletic depa tme t a lot of time a d pote tial headaches, which f ees ou staff to focus o high-impact i itiatives i stead of day-to-day ope atio s.”
“This pa t e ship e su es Ce t al Michiga is a place whe e stude t-athletes a d thei families k ow NIL is ot o ly bei g ha dled the ight way, but that we have the systems a d pa t e s i place to actively b i g oppo tu ities to them,” she said.
“Amy a d he team a e doi g what the best athletic depa tme ts will all soo be doi g: t eati g NIL as somethi g you ma age with eal data, ot somethi g you eact to,” said Ia Moo ey, Fou de a d CEO of D1 App oved. “Ce t al Michiga was o e of the fi st depa tme ts to see that complia ce a d eve ue a e two sides of the same p oblem. If you ca see what you stude t-athletes a e actually doi g i the ma ket, you ca p otect thei eligibility, a d you ca also fi d the b a ds a d pa t e s who should be wo ki g with them. That is the wo k we a e doi g togethe , a d CMU is setti g the sta da d fo how a fo wa d-thi ki g depa tme t ope ates.”
Beyo d the platfo m, D1 App oved is wo ki g with CMU athletics leade ship o NIL st ategy, i cludi g ide tifyi g local, egio al a d alum i-co ected busi esses that fit the Chippewas’ ma ket a d ca suppo t CMU stude t-athletes th ough NIL. CMU is o e of a g owi g umbe of NCAA Divisio I p og ams wo ki g with D1 App oved, which cou ts athletic depa tme ts i Powe 4 a d G oup of Six co fe e ces amo g its custome s a d fou di g pa t e s.
D1 App oved mo ito s NIL activity ac oss college athletics a d tu s it i to complia ce cove age, eve ue oppo tu ities, a d competitive i sight — o e platfo m to p otect you p og am a d g ow it.
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