A bag man isn’t some made-up figure that you tell your kids about in ghost stories. They’re real people that spend countless hours supporting their favorite college program by paying athletes – in more ways than one – for their services. This isn’t a new recruiting model. Winning is everything in college athletics. You don’t win; you don’t have a job next season.
You could always do it the right way. Hiring recruiters with an unwavering moral compass that, through film, chats, and meetings, woos young high school stars.
But what happens when the talented young man sitting across from the eager assistant coach, hoping to land his first star, has scholarship offers from programs that also offer hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash, cars, etc.