JP Acosta

But some athletes, the really good ones, are able to make way more money because of slush funds that college athletic programs have at their disposal. We reached out to JP Acosta from SB Nation to help us understand, and we started with the NCAA.

I think at the crux of it all, the main point behind this is that the NCAA and most of their respective universities did not want to call student athletes employees. calling them employees who require them being paid by the university. The idea of athletes being paid, do you think that will ever happen at the NCAA level?

I think at the crux of it all, the main point behind this is that the NCAA and most of their respective universities did not want to call student athletes employees. calling them employees who require them being paid by the university. The idea of athletes being paid, do you think that will ever happen at the NCAA level?

I think at the crux of it all, the main point behind this is that the NCAA and most of their respective universities did not want to call student athletes employees. calling them employees who require them being paid by the university. The idea of athletes being paid, do you think that will ever happen at the NCAA level?

They have spent years fighting the fact that college football and college student athletes are employees.

They have spent years fighting the fact that college football and college student athletes are employees.

They have spent years fighting the fact that college football and college student athletes are employees.

While they've been fighting this battle in court, name, image and likeness kind of slipped in through a loophole because it is a third party. So technically,

While they've been fighting this battle in court, name, image and likeness kind of slipped in through a loophole because it is a third party. So technically,

While they've been fighting this battle in court, name, image and likeness kind of slipped in through a loophole because it is a third party. So technically,

These boosters that provide the name, image, and likeness deals that you see a lot of, that comes from a booster who is not being paid by the university, but is affiliated with the university to help get this player to either go to their university or stay at their university. So it's kind of been a loophole around the, oh, student athletes aren't employees.

These boosters that provide the name, image, and likeness deals that you see a lot of, that comes from a booster who is not being paid by the university, but is affiliated with the university to help get this player to either go to their university or stay at their university. So it's kind of been a loophole around the, oh, student athletes aren't employees.

These boosters that provide the name, image, and likeness deals that you see a lot of, that comes from a booster who is not being paid by the university, but is affiliated with the university to help get this player to either go to their university or stay at their university. So it's kind of been a loophole around the, oh, student athletes aren't employees.

We're going to keep fighting this in court. but name, image, and likeness allows for a little bit of a side road to get to paying the players.

We're going to keep fighting this in court. but name, image, and likeness allows for a little bit of a side road to get to paying the players.

We're going to keep fighting this in court. but name, image, and likeness allows for a little bit of a side road to get to paying the players.

Okay, so now I think we have to explain where this money is coming from, this $10 million that went to a University of Michigan football player. It didn't come from the University of Michigan?

Okay, so now I think we have to explain where this money is coming from, this $10 million that went to a University of Michigan football player. It didn't come from the University of Michigan?

Okay, so now I think we have to explain where this money is coming from, this $10 million that went to a University of Michigan football player. It didn't come from the University of Michigan?

No, it technically does not come from the University of Michigan. The biggest example of this I would point to is the University of Arkansas. The University of Arkansas, their biggest donor and their biggest booster is the founder of Tyson's Chicken Nuggets.