Who manages the distributions and payouts in exchange for a few appearances or something to make it look like players are doing something for the cash.

But there probably are still some bags of cash used to entice recruits too. Always has been and always will be. Some teams just tell the recruits that once they sign the collective will pay them $$$$$ as a signing payment.

If you want to know why all the 4 star QB recruits byu went after are not signing at BYU it’s because big teams are pitching them signing bonuses.