Jeremy Bloom

The NCAA has nothing to do with the Olympics.

They have nothing to do with the NGBs like U.S.

skiing and U.S.

snowboarding, et cetera.

And so I sued them and testified in Congress and sort of been on this, you could call it a two-decade crusader journey.

Revenge tour.

Revenge tour.

More about like I just didn't want anybody else to go through that.

They did.

They absolutely did.

And so I, you know, I tore up all the endorsement contracts and it was probably three or $400,000 worth of endorsement contracts for an 18 year old.

That's a lot back then.

I mean, that's a lot.

You know, they were talking almost two decades ago.

And I played my freshman and sophomore season, and then I was broke.

I didn't have money to go to Finland and compete in a World Cup.

And I really wanted to go to the next Olympics, which was in Torino.

And so I said, you know, I'm accepting my endorsements and I'm not leaving college.

And if you don't like it at NCAA, you got to kick me out.

They waited nine months all the way to fall camp.