re: Funny story from a former Bagman for MSU

Do they even use cash anymore?

As for the history of the bagmen, in the old days you took a #10 brown paper bag that adults used to take their lunches to work in and kids used to take lunch to school. When you arrived at the meeting spot you both talked and ate your lunch in case someone was watching. After lunch you just switched bags so the one with the cash in the bottom changed hands but was never seen by anybody nearby as it was never taken out of the bag.

A bag with a brick of 100's totaling 10K was about 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch thick and was easy to transfer in such a transaction. You probably maxed out at about 50K without the money taking up to much of the bag as to be more obvious. Cash in a briefcase only looks impressive if you are using small bills and not big ones. Movies have made things dumber to make it look better on film and not often your average moviegoer has a million in cash in a briefcase to know what it looks or feels like.

The go-go days of the Coke trade in south FL in the late 70's and early 80's was some surreal times for sure.