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An Interview with a College Football Bag Man

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This is lengthy, but a fantastic read. The guy is an SEC booster/bag man, and he makes it clear that this stuff is the norm across the conference, shocker. I think all this is assumed, but it's interesting to hear how easy it is to keep these payments and cars under wraps. The football culture in the southeast keeps people from squealing. The only thing they have to worry about is rival fanbases.

"There are jokes about kids getting cars, but that's actually pretty easy. We all have dealerships all over. You practically have to nowadays, anyway, just for the coaches. Think about it. Most schools, all the football, basketball, and baseball coaches and their wives are getting some kind of vehicle for free as part of their contract. Then they're turning them in every three years or so. That's a fleet right there. You need a lot of guys with dealerships, and you need them in different towns. Then getting a clean title on a member of the family is pretty easy."

Whatever the minimum of necessary paperwork to absolve a player of improper benefits received is, it's not a problem. A title for a moderately priced SUV can be created in a relative's name, as can a receipt of sale for a reasonable price.

"Hey, how'd he get that ride? His uncle bought it. How did his uncle buy it? Paid cash. Paid cash, how'd he do that? ****, we don't know, but here's the receipt where he paid cash, and now y'all ain't got ****. Go tell the NCAA you think we're cheating because this kid's uncle bought him a used Tahoe in cash, you racist."
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http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/10/5594348/college-football-bag-man-interview
 
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My favorite part...



"The coach won't know exactly when we decide to make that happen, but they've got a good idea. Then we get to see just how damn good a recruiter he really is. I know one of our guys once stopped putting in big bucks, way more than what I do, just because a head coach cussed too much on the team plane. [The coach] was losing anyway, but because he took the Lord's name in vain, that guy was offended by his morality and stopped illegally paying college football players."
 
leftybuff said:
My favorite part...



"The coach won't know exactly when we decide to make that happen, but they've got a good idea. Then we get to see just how damn good a recruiter he really is. I know one of our guys once stopped putting in big bucks, way more than what I do, just because a head coach cussed too much on the team plane. [The coach] was losing anyway, but because he took the Lord's name in vain, that guy was offended by his morality and stopped illegally paying college football players."
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Shame on you Will Muschamp?
 
leftybuff said:
My favorite part...



"The coach won't know exactly when we decide to make that happen, but they've got a good idea. Then we get to see just how damn good a recruiter he really is. I know one of our guys once stopped putting in big bucks, way more than what I do, just because a head coach cussed too much on the team plane. [The coach] was losing anyway, but because he took the Lord's name in vain, that guy was offended by his morality and stopped illegally paying college football players."
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It doesn't get anymore deliciously ironic than that. Thank you bible belt.
 
This is going to blow the lid off the cheating SEC!!! :rolling_eyes:
 
J.R. Ewing said:
Shame on you Will Muschamp?
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The posters over at Reddit are pretty convinced that this is a bag man for Ole Miss, making the cussing coach Ed Orgeron. The big recruit that tried to get the $70,000 over the phone is most likely '13 5 star DE Chris Jones that ended up at Miss St. The NCAA was looking into his eligibility last summer.
 
Somehow, this story got the Taiwanese animation treatment, and it's great

[video=youtube;689O-Txd-jU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=689O-Txd-jU[/video]
 
Thought this was interesting...

If a majority of bag men want a particular coach out and an A.D. or president won't make a move, they'll just dry up funds.

Do we have bag men? Did they have a part in either Pidgeon or JE leaving?
 
BuffClass90 said:
Thought this was interesting...

If a majority of bag men want a particular coach out and an A.D. or president won't make a move, they'll just dry up funds.

Do we have bag men? Did they have a part in either Pidgeon or JE leaving?
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JE wasn't here long enough.

Hawkins, maybe. I have trouble envisioning an actual bag man for CU. I'm sure there's an improper benefit here and there, but it seems like you'd need a pretty organized and fervent football culture to have the network of people described in that article.
 
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