promised a $2,000 stipend. However, within a month, more than 125 athletic directors of universities and conference commissioners signed an “override request,” and the NCAA decided to suspend these payments. The athletes who signed before this suspension still received this $2,000 stipend, even without losing their amateur status. If you weren’t one of these players, and you somehow received $2,000, whether it is by taking money from the boosters, or directly profiting from their likliness, will violate