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A Day with the Bag Man
Posted on 3/11/15 at 9:54 am
Posted on 3/11/15 at 9:54 am
Meet the Bag Man (article)
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I asked for and received proof -- in this case a phone call I watched him make to a number I independently verified, then a meeting in which I witnessed cash handed to an active SEC football player -- it's just cash changing hands. When things are done correctly, there's no proof more substantial than one man's word over another. That allows for plausible deniability, which is good enough for the coaches, administrators, conference officials, and network executives. And the man I officially didn't speak with was emphatic that no one really understands how often and how well it almost always works.
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"Last week I got a call. We've got this JUCO transfer that had just got here. And he's country poor. The [graduate assistant] calls me and tells me he's watching the AFC Championship Game alone in the lobby of the Union because he doesn't have a TV. Says he never owned one. Now, you can buy a Walmart TV for $50. What kid in college doesn't have a TV? So I don't give him any money. I just go dig out in my garage and find one of those old Vizios from five years back and leave it for him at the desk. I don't view what I do as a crime, and I don't give a shite if someone else does, honestly."
"If we could take a vote for these kids to make a real salary every season, I would vote for it. $40,000 or something. Goes back to mama, buys her a car, lets them go live like normal people after they work their asses off for us (Ole Miss or Alabama, obviously). But let's be honest, that ain't gonna stop all this. If everyone gets $40,000, someone would still be trying to give 'em 40 extra on the side."
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These men are fans who believe they're leveraging football success $500 or $50,000 at a time. I can't show you that money, and neither can anyone else. You might think you see the money -- a flash of $20 bills all over some kid's Instagram or Facebook update -- but that's just money.
This is the arrangement in high-stakes college football, though of course not every player is paid for. Providing cash and benefits to players is not a scandal or a scheme, merely a function. And when you start listening to the stories, you understand the function can never be stopped.
Once properly vetted, your money usually buys you first or secondhand access to information most fans (or journalists) would kill for: player run-ins with the law that go unreported, what certain coaches are really like, what kind of power an A.D. or president really has, and most importantly, who really is in charge of your football program.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 9:56 am to mizzoukills
Hitler really enjoyed this article a year ago.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 9:59 am to AUCatfish
I heard he's a descendant of Joseph Goebbels
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:03 am to Masterag
Killz - when does Mizzou get their bag man so we can win the SEC?
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:04 am to mizzoukills
Hitler is best friends with the Bag Man
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:06 am to AUCatfish
Hitler was Austrian, btw. hth
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:11 am to mizzoukills
Informative and relevant
Shame on all the cheaters out there
Shame on all the cheaters out there
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:12 am to Masterag
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Hitler was Austrian, btw. hth
Yes he was, he was also Chancellor of Germany.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:16 am to mizzoukills
Mizzoukills plan is to cut the French off from supply lines from Great Britain and surround Paris ultimately leading to French surrender
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:17 am to StopRobot
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Mizzoukills plan is to cut the French off from supply lines from Great Britain and surround Paris ultimately leading to French surrender
Yeah, but unfortunately Killz will get distracted writing threads on the SECr and the British will largely escape the Continent and live to fight another day.
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 10:19 am
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:19 am to OleRockyTop
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a Jew
God bless you
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:21 am to OleRockyTop
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And a Jew
Mazel tov
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:34 am to Wtodd
how did the Bag Man thread end up being a discussion on the Jews?
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:42 am to mizzoukills
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:48 am to scrooster
For some reason I'm hesitant to click on that link, Screwy.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:32 pm to AUCatfish
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Hitler really enjoyed this article a year ago.
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