MILTON, Mass. & BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Gulf South Conference announced a partnership with WePlayed Sports, a leading sports media platform, to bring fans additional video content on the conference's website and social media channels.
"As the GSC continues to grow and develop our efforts with video content, we are excited to identify and team up with a company like WePlayed Sports," said GSC Commissioner Matt Wilson. "They are an organization that aligns perfectly with our vision, and we believe this partnership will allow us an opportunity to enhance fan engagement, broaden our reach, showcase our institutions and student-athletes and elevate our social media and website video content in a unique way."
WePlayed Sports offers a new and effortless way to manage video, converting full-length game coverage into compelling short-form videos that can easily be shared through social media channels, athletic department websites and more. Viewing experience for fans can be personalized to spotlight specific student-athletes, seasons, games or play types that interest them the most, at no cost.
The Gulf South will begin taking advance of this partnership in this fall with regular season content for GSC football, volleyball and basketball.
"We are thrilled to join forces with the Gulf South Conference," said Terry Denson, CEO of WePlayed Sports. "Our mission has always been to and continue to connect sports enthusiasts and athletes through cutting-edge technology, and with this partnership, we aim to bring the thrill of GSC's football, basketball, and volleyball action to fans like never before."
About WePlayed Sports, Inc.
WePlayed offers a new and effortless way for college athletics departments, teams, conferences and federations to create, use and manage video. WePlayed's pioneering technology automatically converts full-length game coverage into compelling short-form videos, to meet all of the media, social, commercial needs of any athletic department, team, conference or federation. In addition to working with ACC, Big East, Big 12 and SEC schools, WePlayed has partnered with Ivy League, Sun Belt and Sunshine State conference members. Since its commercial launch in March 2021, WePlayed Sports has created over 800,000 short-form videos from live-game action for more than 40,000 athletes, 350 teams, 80 colleges and six conferences.
About Gulf South Conference:
The Gulf South Conference is a charter NCAA Division II member based in Birmingham, Ala., and has 13 member institutions — Alabama Huntsville, Auburn Montgomery, Christian Brothers, Delta State, Lee, Mississippi College, Montevallo, Shorter, Union, Valdosta State, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia. The GSC proudly sponsors 19 sports and hosts 18 annual championship events.