NOT SPONSORED — Some people get paid to play sports, while others play for the love of the game.

One Olympic athlete found a unique way to earn some extra cash via advertising, while a college football coach got upset over the de-commitment of a high school quarterback from his school.

Here is a roundup of what the Internet was talking about Thursday.

Olympian sells ad space on shoulder, again

The NBA will start to include ads on its jersey in 2017, the league announced several weeks ago.

But Olympic track athlete Nick Symmonds apparently doesn’t think that’s a big deal — he is taking advertising to another level.

Symmonds sold nine inches of ad space on his shoulder Thursday, pulling in a winning bid of $21,800 for the prime real estate ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Flippin' heck, talk about the power of @eBay From $15k to almost $22k in less than 20 minutes pic.twitter.com/xW0nIUje13 — Michelle Sammet (@michellesammet) May 5, 2016

T-Mobile CEO John Legere won the spot this year.

Happy to do my part to support USA running & this amazing athlete! Now what should I put on @NickSymmonds' arm?? 💪🏻 https://t.co/SUyJ4yDoUn — John Legere (@JohnLegere) May 5, 2016

It’s the second-straight Olympics that Symmonds has advertised on his body. In 2012, he sold his shoulder for $11,100, but the ad had to be taped over because of rules prohibiting Olympians from wearing logos.

For that reason, Symmonds included the following note on his eBay bid profile:

“Due to antiquated rules, during all IAAF, USOC and IOC governed competitions, I will be forced to tape over all forms of advertising on my body except the logos of my apparel and equipment manufacturers. Though these absurd rules certainly diminish an investment in an athlete, please know that I will put in extra effort to ensure that the winner of this auction realizes a fantastic return on investment.”

But could he beat Shaq?

Justin Bieber may not be the greatest basketball player, but he’s a fan of the game — even if he has been known to support multiple teams.

The pop star shouted out his haters Thursday on Instagram with a video of him “balling out.”

With so many cuts, it’s impossible to know if Bieber actually made every 3-pointer he attempted, as the video seems to illustrated.

And his form is … interesting. But hey, he’s a singer.

No hate, Biebs.

Football coach apologizes for Twitter rant

Texas A&M assistant coach Aaron Morehead took to Twitter to voice his displeasure over the recent de-commitment of Las Vegas five-star quarterback Tate Martell — a rant that earned his team another de-commitment Wednesday.

Martell, who previously de-committed from Washington after committing at the age of 14, alleged that some A&M fans were cyber-bullying his sister after his de-commitment.

The fact that "grown ups" are tweeting disrespectful things to my sister because of MY decision to decommit is really sad... GROW UP! — Tate Martell (@TheTateMartell) May 5, 2016

Morehead later deleted his post, and by Thursday morning had apologized for his statement.

pic.twitter.com/kNjQHHkWOF — Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016

“Last night, I made some impromptu comments on social media out of frustration and out of a true love for Texas A&M Football,” he wrote. “I want to apologize to all of the young men in high school who work so hard to achieve their dreams of playing college football & I wish them all well wherever they end up.”

Morehead additionally apologized the Aggie football staff, including head coach Kevin Sumlin, who addressed the issue during Thursday’s SEC coaches’ teleconference.

“I was made aware of it. We’re still working through that,” Sumlin said. “He’s taken responsibility for his actions and we’ll move on from there. Basically that discussion has been had and obviously Aaron has taken responsibility for what he did and we’ll talk about it from there."

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