Bag Men

[BrokerZ]

I'm not sure if anyone else came across this piece, but I found it wildly interesting. I think most can assume this kind of activity goes on everywhere in major college football, but the level of detail the writer uncovers surrounding the pay-for-players system in the SEC is almost unbelievable. It's just a different culture in the South.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/10/5594348/college-football-bag-man-interview

I'm not going to go into too much detail, but I did come across a "hat passing" at a Tiger Club meeting for the boosters of the University of Missouri. I went to the meeting to hear Dayton Moore speak, the GM of the Royals, with a few friends from work who are members of the Club, and they took a collection similar to a church offering before they allowed Dayton Moore to enter the room. Trust me, it wasn't a donation to pay for the food.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

And people still believe Cam Newton's pops didn't auction him off to the highest bidder, too.

:laugh:

 

[Bluethunder]

I'm not going to go into too much detail, but I did come across a "hat passing" at a Tiger Club meeting for the boosters of the University of Missouri. I went to the meeting to hear Dayton Moore speak, the GM of the Royals, with a few friends from work who are members of the Club, and they took a collection similar to a church offering before they allowed Dayton Moore to enter the room. Trust me, it wasn't a donation to pay for the food.

Speaking of the University of Missouri.....http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/10/4951763/string-of-incidents-at-missouri.html

Have to disagree with the author who stated "nobody deserves to be judged by what they do at 20..."

Uhh, yea, actually they kinda do. Twenty is an adult, you can be judged, and should be. That is part of the problem with our society, the age of responsibility keeps shifting upwards. Pretty soon it will be "well, he made a mistake, after all, he is only 46 years old".

 

[Jason Svoboda]

This is one of my favorite pictures ever back from the MySpace days. Kid went to Clemson on a visit. On his way home, threw this picture up on his MySpace account. Quickly deleted it but not before people had saved it. Later back peddling came out saying he was with his uncle who apparently owned an ATM business. Yeah, right. Unfortunately, he had said he was on his way home from Clemson on the initial post. $5k for an offensive linemen is nice coin if you can get it.

http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2008/03/perhaps-it-pays-to-sign-with-clemson.html