Nielsen Impact Score
Following the NCAA’s ruling to allow collegiate athletes to benefit from their own name, image and likeness, Nielsen Sports has launched the Nielsen Impact Score (NIS) which will help universities recruit student-athletes by demonstrating the marketing value of each athletic program. The NIS database is designed to help a university team's staff gain a competitive advantage in recruiting for athletes to benefit from the NCAA's new name, image, and likeness rules.
The Nielsen Impact Score is a marketing value index that compares college programs across three key inputs using proprietary Nielsen data: National Exposure, Local Market Impact, and Social Media Engagement.
With access to the Nielsen Impact Score data you will be able to:
Demonstrate authenticated value
- Impact Scores are designed to quantify the inherent value a program can provide to prospective student-athletes using metrics similar to those a brand would consider when evaluating sports marketing partnerships.
Highlight value to tell your best story
- With nearly 100 programs in our database (including all schools from the ACC, AAC, Big 12, Big East, Pac-12, SEC, and more), coaches can pull rankings at the local or national level to craft their story, demonstrate strengths in their program, and highlight advantages over competitors.
Personalize recruiting pitches
- Access to the data allows coaching staffs to customize individual recruiting pitches that are important to the player and compares inputs to other schools the recruit is considering.
To learn more about how Nielsen Impact Score can improve your recruiting, fill out this form to be contacted by a Nielsen representative.
Nielsen Impact Score in the Press:
- On3: Duke to Start Using Analytics to Implement a More Effective NIL Strategy
- Sportico: Duke Taps Nielsen to Bolster Recruiting Pitches in NIL Era
- AdAge: Nielsen Begins Rating College Sports Teams on Marketing Potential
- SportTechie: Nielsen Sports to Rank College Teams' NIL Capabilities, Could Impact a Recruit's Decision-Making
- Front Office Sports: How Nielsen Sports Is Changing the Game of College Recruiting
- On3: When it comes to NIL marketing value, the CFP teams score well
- Sports Business Journal: Nielsen Impact Score grows to include more than 100 CFB programs