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Brand Partnerships

Connect your brand to the next generation of sports.

Next Play creates sponsorship and advertising opportunities across sports content, schools, teams, states, events and fan experiences within the Next Play Network ecosystem.

Why It Works

Intent, not impressions.

People do not browse a sports platform. They arrive looking for something — a score, a schedule, a ranking, a kid they know. That is a different quality of attention than a feed scroll, and it repeats every week of every season.

It also works at two ends at once: a national brand can reach across the platform, and a local business can reach the one school its customers actually care about. Both are the same inventory system.

How a partnership comes together

01 — Objective

What the brand is trying to reach, and where.

02 — Inventory

Which surfaces and categories fit that objective.

03 — Build

Creative, placement and integration across the Network.

04 — Reporting

What ran, where it ran, and what it delivered.

Opportunities

Six ways to reach the audience.

Availability varies by state, sport and season as coverage expands. Specific inventory is confirmed during the conversation.

Platform PartnershipsLarge-scale Network integrations across every state and sport covered.
State & SportGeographic or sport-specific ownership, aligned to season.
Content FranchisesNamed, recurring editorial franchises — rankings, weekly recognition, weekly previews.
School & TeamLocal sponsorship inventory on individual organization pages.
Fan EngagementInteractive features and Fan Zone opportunities.
Events & CustomTournament integrations and custom brand partnerships built to objective.

Not every franchise or surface is available in every market. Inventory Confirmed Per Agreement

The Standard

Commercial and editorial stay separate.

Sponsorship places a brand alongside coverage. It does not shape that coverage. Rankings, scores, results and reporting are produced independently of any commercial relationship.

That separation is what makes the placement worth anything. A ranking a brand can buy is a ranking nobody trusts.

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Tell us what you're trying to reach.

Packages are built to objective rather than pulled off a rate card. Send us the goal and we will come back with what fits.