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For the viewers who do not follow sports news, both pro & amateur

There are a lot of references to the real-life argument over whether NCAA athletes should be paid for their likeness, autographs & jersey sales with their names on the back among other things. The reasoning is that NCAA universities make huge amounts of money by marketing their players' image, or even their real names. NCAA rules have always prohibited athletes from getting paid by their schools directly or allowing students to personally market and profit from their fame. The schools also argue that allowing these students to attend colleges for free is akin to paying them to play, in a sense. Plus, these student-athletes are given a nationwide platform to showcase their talents to professional NBA, NFL, MLB (and other sports) scouts where they could end up making millions. Trey & Matt did a wonderful job threading both sides of that argument throughout the episode.