THE BAG GAME Episode 4: 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.
0:02.0	Guys, like we're here for pros.
0:05.0	If you don't deliver, you're done.
0:07.0	What we were listening to is a scheme to make a very large payment
0:10.0	to the family of a student athlete.
0:12.0	Everybody's in it, man.
0:13.2	If this thing is dirty, we all got mud on us, man,
0:16.7	all of us.
0:20.7	Stations, this is ABC News, back out on live two this is the ABC signal from the press
0:26.9	conference the TESS test it was noon on September 26th, 2017.
0:35.0	Appell Check.
0:38.0	Repel Check. Reporters from all the major outlets gathered inside the U.S. Attorney's Office in Lower Manhattan.
0:45.0	We still have a few minutes, I'll get the two minutes, flip the charts and then we'll go.
0:48.0	Acting US Attorney June Kim walked in with an entourage of suits and stepped up to the podium.
0:55.6	Good afternoon. Today we announced charges of fraud and corruption in the world of college basketball.
1:05.1	The Fed's investigation into college basketball had been a secret.
1:10.9	This is the moment it came into the light.
1:14.0	The picture painted by the charges brought today is not a pretty one.
1:20.0	That afternoon, the feds announced the arrest of 10 people, including Christian Dawkins, the
1:26.2	aspiring agent. Brad Augustine, the AAU program director, Merle Code, the Adidas Consultant, and James Gatto, the Adidas Executive.
1:37.0	You've heard them all in this series.
1:39.7	Also charged, one bespoke suitmaker, one investment manager, and four assistant coaches from
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