The Bag Game E4: Plausible Deniability

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Federal prosecutors tell the college sports world, “We have your playbook." As court cases begin, details come out on secret payments. Who made them and for whose benefit? Who was the victim of all this and what, exactly, was the crime? Why were no head coaches called to testify? Prosecutors break their silence and reveal their legal strategy. After playing overseas, Billy returns for the NBA draft. His name and the Kansas program have been swept into the case. Sentences come down for defendants. Billy and Nichole don’t face charges, but feel the impact of the fallout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the bag game guys like we're here for pros if you don't deliver
0:06.3	You're done what we were listening to is a scheme to make a very large payment to the family of a student ugly everybody's in it man if this thing is dirty
0:14.8	We all got mud on this man all of us
0:21.7	Say this is ABC News back out on live
0:23.7	Two this is the ABC signal from the press conference
0:28.1	test
0:30.1	Test it was noon on September 26th
0:34.7	2017 pal check with hell check
0:38.3	Reporters from all the major outlets gathered inside the US Attorney's office in lower man hat
0:44.0	Lipel check we still have a few minutes. I'll get the two minute flip the charts and then we'll go
0:48.6	Acting US Attorney June Kim walked in with an entourage of suits
0:53.7	And stepped up to the podium
0:56.1	Good afternoon
0:57.6	Today we announced charges of fraud and corruption in the world of college basketball
1:04.7	The feds investigation into college basketball had been a secret
1:10.4	This is the moment it came into the light the picture painted by the charges
1:16.5	Brought today is not a pretty one
1:19.4	That afternoon the feds announced their rest of ten people including
1:25.0	Christian Dawkins the aspiring agent Brad Augustine the AU program director
1:31.2	Merle code the Adidas consultant and James Gatto the Adidas executive you've heard them all in this series
1:39.3	Also charged one bespoke suitmaker one investment manager and four assistant coaches from division one schools
1:49.4	Coaches at some of the nation's top programs
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