When things are done correctly, there’s no proof more substantial than one man’s word over another. Accordingly, all the other conversations I had with bag men representing different SEC programs over a two-month span surrounding National Signing Day didn’t happen either.Įven when I asked for and received proof - in this case, a phone call I watched him make to a number I independently verified, then a meeting in which I witnessed cash handed to an active SEC football player - it’s just cash changing hands. Technically, this conversation never happened, because I won’t reveal this man’s name or the player’s, or even the town I visited. It’s a waste of money, but they’re doing the same thing to our guys right now in. ”Nah, there’s no way we’re landing him, but you still have to do it,” he says. We’re sitting in a popular restaurant near campus, almost a week before National Signing Day.
The player is nationally #1 at his position and on his way into town. The Bag Man excuses himself to make a call outside, on his “other phone,” to arrange delivery of $500 in cash to a visiting recruit.
