AMERICAN HISTORY. THOSE STORIES AND MORE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, CHRIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JERROLD. ONLY ON WRAL. WE'RE GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF THE EFFECT OF THE NC. DOUBLE A'S 2021 AND POLICY. THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS COLLEGE PLAYERS TO PROFIT OFF THEIR NAME, THEIR IMAGE AND THEIR LIKENESS. >> WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER TALKED TO A DUKE BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO SCORED A BIG OPPORTUNITY WITH A MAJOR BRAND. >> SPENCER HUBBARD IS A WALK-ON FOR THE BLUE DEVILS. HE DOESN'T GET MUCH PLAYING TIME IN HERE, BUT HE STILL GOT THE ATTENTION OF DEGREE DEODORANT WHO SIGNED HIM TO A $25,000 DEAL AT 5 FOOT, 8 JUNIOR GUARD. SPENCER HUBBARD SAYS HE IS OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE. IT'S MY STORY IS KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED AROUND THE NOT DONE YET. SORT OF MENTALITY, KIND OF SHOW UP EVERY DAY. >> AND TRY TO GET HE STARTED OFF ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM'S PRACTICE SQUAD AND PROVED HIS WORTH EARNING A SPOT ON THE ROSTER AS A WALK-ON, MY HARD WORK IS PROPELLED ME >> YOU KNOW, TIMES OF ADVERSITY THAT DRIVE IS WHAT GOT HIM NOTICED BY DEGREE DEODORANT COMPANY AWARDED HIM A $25,000 NAME IMAGE LIKENESS OR NIL DEAL AS PART OF A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WALK-ONS AS A WALK-ON HUBBARD DOESN'T HAVE AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP. >> SO THE MONEY WILL BE A BIG HELP TOWARD 2. WE SEE IN THE DEAL IS GOING TO HELP ME TAKE A LOT OF RELIEVE A LOT OF PRESSURE. >> YOU KNOW, WAS EXPENSES FROM AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE COST OF LIVING DAY AND REALLY HELP ME FOCUS ON BASKETBALL AS PART OF THE DEAL WITH DEGREES. SPENCER SAYS HE'LL BE POSTING ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH. NOW, $25,000. IT'S CERTAINLY A BIG DEAL, BUT IT IS BY NO MEANS THE BIGGEST. SOME ATHLETES ARE RAKING IN MILLIONS. SARAH KRUEGER, WRAL, NEWS, DURHAM. A LOT OF ATHLETES JUMP IN ON THAT. AND I LDR FOR THE WAS CHANGED. >> WELL DEGREE HAS HONORED FOR WALK ON IS AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH $25,000 EACH AND THEY WANT TO HONOR ONE MORE. THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR WHO SHOULD BE. YOU CAN FIND THE LINK TO DO SO ON WRAL DOT COM.