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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 8, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Athletics Partners with Teamworks Influencer NIL Program</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor Athletics, in partnership with Teamworks Influencer, has launched an exchange
 program to further NIL opportunities for its student-athletes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Baylor NIL Exchange, which can be found at
</span><a href="https://app.inflcr.com/exchange/baylor-university"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BaylorBears.com/Influencer</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">, is a new partnership that will
 provide a customized, free portal for student-athletes and commercial entities, assisting in locating and fulfilling market-based NIL opportunities. Through this new, streamlined platform, registered businesses and individuals may interact, negotiates, and
 complete NIL transactions with a complete database of Baylor student-athletes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Businesses can use the platform to create a transaction that directly pays the student-athlete without transaction fees and automates a compliance disclosure. Baylor student-athletes
 will now have access to the exchange and can be utilized to help them create opportunities such as autograph sessions, personal appearances, camps, clinics, and much more. The exchange will also provide education on financial literacy and brand building to
 help every Baylor student-athlete maximize their NIL potential. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Baylor Athletics has built a forward-thinking NIL program that prioritizes education, compliance, and brand-building,” said Teamworks Senior Account Executive Sean Kelly. “We’re proud to power the Baylor NIL Exchange and help
 student-athletes unlock new NIL opportunities with the support of their local community and beyond.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">About Teamworks Influencer</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Teamworks Influencer, available on Teamworks' Operating System for Sports™, is the leading athlete brand-building and NIL business management app for over 270 elite collegiate and professional sports organizations.
 The Influencer athlete app educates student-athletes, coaches, and staff for the NIL era in a safe and compliant environment, all powered by best-in-class content delivery for student-athletes to access and share content to their social media channels. The
 Influencer platform also includes the impactful Influencer Exchange. Schools can direct businesses, collectives, and fans seeking to find, communicate with, pay, and report NIL transactions with student-athletes in this school-customized NIL exchange. The
 Influencer Local Exchange maximizes the student-athlete wallet share while streamlining compliance and tax reporting responsibilities. To learn more about the Influencer Exchange, please visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://teamworks.com/influencer" target="_blank" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fteamworks.com%2Finfluencer&data=05%7C02%7CHaneen_Rashwan%40baylor.edu%7Cd460f18cef9940440b6308ddf5a24473%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0%7C0%7C638936799471049204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0086F0">teamworks.com/influencer</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Brent Ingram</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 210-845-8651</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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