The NFHS is proud to announce a three-year extension of its longstanding partnership with Neptune GameTime, which will continue as the Official Custom Music Solution Partner of the NFHS.
Neptune GameTime provides schools with a customizable music and messaging solution designed to create energetic, professional and family-friendly environments at high school sporting events. Through the renewed agreement, Neptune GameTime and the NFHS will continue working together to support athletic administrators and enhance the event experience for student-athletes, coaches and fans across the country.
“The atmosphere surrounding high school sports is an important part of the experience for students and their communities, and music plays a significant role in creating that environment,” NFHS Executive Director Davis Whitfield said. “Neptune GameTime understands the unique responsibilities that come with hosting education-based events. We are pleased to extend our relationship with a partner that helps schools create exciting, welcoming and appropriate experiences for everyone in attendance.”
After launching Neptune Custom Music Solution in 2009, CMC Neptune expanded with Neptune GameTime, a gameday audio solution that helps schools manage music and messaging across their athletic events. By providing ready-to-use, family-friendly music, Neptune GameTime saves athletic directors, coaches and event staff the time and effort required to screen songs themselves.
Neptune GameTime’s team of music screeners evaluates songs for both lyrics and language, providing schools with access to a library of more than 60,000 songs. Schools can customize their music by sport, event or situation and incorporate professional messaging for sportsmanship, safety reminders, visiting team welcomes, senior nights, homecoming celebrations, concessions and more.
The platform also allows schools to incorporate walk-up music, player introductions, sound effects and on-demand audio clips. In addition, participating schools can create revenue opportunities through local sponsorships and advertising included within their customized GameTime stations.
“We couldn’t be more excited to continue our partnership with the NFHS as its Official Custom Music Solution Partner,” said CMC Neptune President and Founder Eric Jontra. “After more than a decade of serving schools and now partnering with more than 2,500 nationwide, we look forward to introducing Neptune GameTime to even more schools. We believe this continued partnership is a perfect fit as both organizations remain committed to supporting schools and the communities they serve.”
Neptune GameTime assigns each participating school a dedicated partner success manager who assists with the creation, implementation and continued management of its customized station. The platform can be operated through a computer or tablet and offers both an automated radio mode and an on-demand mode that gives event personnel greater control over music, announcements and other audio elements.
As part of the three-year extension, Neptune GameTime will maintain a presence across NFHS platforms and events while continuing to provide resources and solutions designed specifically for high school athletic administrators and education-based activity programs.
About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS): The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 18 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,800 high schools and 12 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 8.2 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.
About Neptune Gametime: With GameTime, the countless hours spent screening music for your sports events are history. Every one of the 60,000+ songs in the GameTime library, across a wide range of genres, is guaranteed to be lyric-safe and family-friendly. But it’s more than just music you can trust. GameTime delivers a high-energy gameday experience built specifically for your school. Music mixes and professionally recorded announcements are customized for each sport or event. You can even turn GameTime into a new revenue stream through sponsorships and advertising on your custom station. For more information, visit www.neptunenow.com/.
