Signing Day Sports Announces Technology and Services to Support College Basketball Recruitment
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) announced expansion into college basketball recruitment and hosted its first basketball combine on Oct 9, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Company said former NBA player Thurl Bailey helped design the upcoming basketball recruiting app and collaborated on the inaugural event.
The launch aims to extend Signing Day Sports’ verified, data-driven recruiting platform—including video-verified measurables and academic data—to basketball student-athletes, with additional combines and feature rollouts planned over the coming months.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) ha annunciato l'espansione nel reclutamento di pallacanestro universitaria e ha organizzato il suo primo combine di basket il 9 ottobre 2025 a Salt Lake City, Utah. L'azienda ha detto che l'ex giocatore NBA Thurl Bailey ha contribuito a progettare la prossima app di reclutamento di basket e ha collaborato all'evento inaugurale.
L'iniziativa mira ad estendere la piattaforma di reclutamento verificata e basata sui dati di Signing Day Sports—including video-verified measurables and academic data—to basketball student-athletes, con ulteriori combine e rollout di funzionalità previsti nei prossimi mesi.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) anunció la expansión hacia el reclutamiento de baloncesto universitario y organizó su primer combine de baloncesto el 9 de octubre de 2025 en Salt Lake City, Utah. La empresa dijo que el exjugador de la NBA Thurl Bailey ayudó a diseñar la próxima aplicación de reclutamiento de baloncesto y colaboró en el evento inaugural.
El lanzamiento tiene como objetivo ampliar la plataforma de reclutamiento verificada y basada en datos de Signing Day Sports—incluyendo métricas verificadas por video y datos académicos—a los atletas estudiantiles de baloncesto, con más combines y despliegue de funcionalidades planificados para los próximos meses.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) 은 대학 농구 모집으로의 확장을 발표했고 2025년 10월 9일 유타주 솔트레이크시티에서 첫 농구 콤바인을 주최했습니다. 회사는 전 NBA 선수 Thurl Bailey가 다가오는 농구 모집 앱 설계에 도움을 주었고 창립 행사에 협력했다고 밝혔습니다.
출시는 비디오로 검증된 측정치와 학업 데이터를 포함하는 Signing Day Sports의 검증되고 데이터 기반의 모집 플랫폼을 농구 학생 선수들에게 확장하는 것을 목표로 하며, 향후 몇 달 내에 추가 콤바인과 기능 출시가 계획되어 있습니다.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) a annoncé l'expansion du recrutement dans le basketball universitaire et a organisé son premier combine de basket le 9 octobre 2025 à Salt Lake City, Utah. L'entreprise a déclaré que l'ancien joueur NBA Thurl Bailey a aidé à concevoir la prochaine application de recrutement de basketball et a collaboré à l'événement inaugural.
Le lancement vise à élargir la plateforme de recrutement vérifiée et axée sur les données de Signing Day Sports—y compris des mesures vérifiables par vidéo et des données académiques—aux étudiants-athlètes de basketball, avec d'autres combines et des déploiements de fonctionnalités prévus dans les mois à venir.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) kündigte die Erweiterung des Recruitings im College-Basketball an und veranstaltete seinen ersten Basketball-Combine am 9. Oktober 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Das Unternehmen sagte, der ehemalige NBA-Spieler Thurl Bailey habe bei der Gestaltung der kommenden Basketball-Recruiting-App geholfen und am erstmaligen Event mitgearbeitet.
Der Start zielt darauf ab, Signing Day Sports’ verifizierte, datenbasierte Recruiting-Plattform—einschließlich videovérifizierter Messgrößen und akademischer Daten—auf Basketball-Studentenathleten auszuweiten, mit weiteren Combines und Funktions-Rollouts, die in den kommenden Monaten geplant sind.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) أعلنت عن توسيع نطاق التجنيد لكرة السلة الجامعية واستضافت أول دمج كرة سلة في 9 أكتوبر 2025 في سلوت ليك سيتي، يوتا. قالت الشركة إن اللاعب السابق في الـ NBA Thurl Bailey ساعد في تصميم تطبيق التجنيد القادم لكرة السلة وتعاون في الحدث الافتتاحي.
يهدف الإطلاق إلى توسيع منصة التجنيد المعتمدة والمدعومة بالبيانات من Signing Day Sports للملاعبين-الطلاب في كرة السلة، مع خطط لإجراء مزيد من الدمجات وتدشين ميزات جديدة خلال الأشهر المقبلة.
Signing Day Sports (NYSE American: SGN) 宣布扩展到大学篮球招募，并于 2025年10月9日 在犹他州盐湖城举办了首场篮球集训。公司表示，前NBA球员 Thurl Bailey 参与设计即将推出的篮球招募应用并参与了首场活动。
此次推出旨在将 Signing Day Sports 基于数据的经验证招募平台扩展至篮球运动员——包括视频验证的可测量数据和学术数据——并在未来几个月内计划推出更多集训和新功能。
- Hosted first basketball combine in Salt Lake City on Oct 9, 2025
- Partnered with former NBA player Thurl Bailey on app design and events
- Plans multiple additional basketball combines and feature rollouts
- No financial metrics, revenue guidance, or timeline for monetization disclosed
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Signing Day Sports expands its recruitment platform into basketball with a Thurl Bailey-backed combine and planned feature rollout.
Signing Day Sports is extending its verified recruitment platform from football into college basketball by hosting a first combine in Salt Lake City and involving former NBA player Thurl Bailey in app development. The move leverages the company’s existing mechanics: verified video and measurable uploads, coach-facing profiles, and organized combines to create standardized exposure for prospects.
Execution depends on adoption by basketball players, coaches, and recruiters and on scaling event logistics and verification processes reliably. The announcement contains no financial metrics, monetization detail, or firm commercialization timeline, so the near-term commercial impact remains unclear and contingent on user uptake and feature delivery.
Watch for additional combine dates and the staged rollout of basketball recruitment features over the coming months, with the first measurable signal being announced event schedules and platform activation for basketball profiles by
Hosts First Combine with Former NBA Star Thurl Bailey
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Signing Day Sports, Inc. (“Signing Day Sports” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: SGN), the developer of the Signing Day Sports app and platform to aid high school athletes in the recruitment process, today announced that its app and platform will soon support student-athletes and coaches pursuing college basketball recruitment.
As part of the Company’s basketball launch, Signing Day Sports recently hosted its first basketball combine in Salt Lake City, Utah, in collaboration with former NBA player Thurl Bailey. Bailey, known for his long career with the Utah Jazz and his commitment to youth development, has been instrumental in the design and development of Signing Day Sports’ upcoming basketball recruiting app, leveraging his deep experience and passion for helping young athletes succeed.
This inaugural event marks the first of several planned initiatives aimed at providing basketball players with the same verified exposure, data-driven tools, and recruiting access that Signing Day Sports’ football athletes currently enjoy. By expanding into basketball, the Company seeks to broaden its mission to empower student-athletes across multiple sports with a standardized recruiting process that benefits both student-athletes and coaches.
Jeff Hecklinski, President of Signing Day Sports, stated, “Expanding into basketball represents a natural evolution for Signing Day Sports. Our technology and methodology have proven successful in football, and we are excited to bring the same verified exposure and data-driven recruiting tools to basketball student-athletes across the nation. Partnering with Thurl Bailey allows us to combine his on-court expertise and passion for youth mentorship with our platform, ensuring a powerful and authentic launch into this new sport.”
The Company plans to roll out additional basketball combines and its basketball recruitment technology features over the coming months, providing players, coaches, and recruiters with the opportunity to experience Signing Day Sports’ data-verified approach firsthand.
Signing Day Sports, Inc.
Signing Day Sports' mission is to help student-athletes achieve their goal of playing college sports. Signing Day Sports' app allows student-athletes to build their Signing Day Sports' recruitment profile, which includes information college coaches need to evaluate and verify them through video technology. The Signing Day Sports app includes a platform to upload a comprehensive data set including video-verified measurables (such as height, weight, 40-yard dash, wingspan, and hand size), academic information (such as official transcripts and SAT/ACT scores), and technical skill videos (such as drills and mechanics that exemplify player mechanics, coordination, and development). For more information on Signing Day Sports, go to https://bit.ly/SigningDaySports.
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