The Bag Game E3: The Sting

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The NCAA’s amateurism rules kept schools from paying players like Billy, so money wouldn't sway their college decision. But Paula learns how the youth teams delivering top recruits could serve as a go-between, where influence could be peddled. We hear one youth coach in Florida court much-needed funding from big-time shoe companies, only to land in hot water for what he promises in return. He didn’t know he was being recorded. The bag game unravels, as the feds’ secret investigation comes to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the bag game.
0:03.0	They want a Billy-2-Geltsu and a D to school,
0:06.0	to a D to sprint at school.
0:08.0	The first question that comes up is,
0:10.0	where you get the charger from?
0:11.0	The black market economy of paying players onto the table exists
0:15.0	because of the NCAA's amateurism rules.
0:19.0	In 2019, I went with my reporting partner, Mark Schlabeau, to Orlando, Florida.
0:24.0	We were there to meet a guy named Brad Augustine.
0:28.0	So what is your normal work week like now?
0:31.0	Oh gosh, mostly it's in the car.
0:33.0	I've got a handful of accounts, so, and they're spread out.
0:37.0	So Tampa Central Florida.
0:39.0	We were there to meet a guy named Brad Augustine.
0:42.0	So what is your normal work week like now?
0:45.0	Oh gosh, mostly it's in the car.
0:48.0	These days, he works in his father-in-law's flooring business.
0:52.0	Porcelain tile, we do do a little bit of wood.
0:55.0	The only thing we really don't deal with is carpet.
0:57.0	Augustine worked his way up in the world of commercial flooring
1:00.0	from Forklift driver to sales rep over two years.
1:04.0	But it was a career change for him.
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