Exclusive: Amazon Studios and George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse acquired in a six-against seven-figure deal screen rights to Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports. Book was written by Guy Lawson, whose Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes” became the Todd Phillips’ movie War Dogs at Warner Bros, whose New York Times Magazine article “Ice Pack” has been adapted for Will Ferrell at Sony, his Rs article Oxy-Gen is being adapted at MGM for Pete Davidson, and other true-crime reporting spread around town.
Lawson spent two years working secretly with Marty Blazer, the ex-manager whose cooperation as a confidential informant with the FBI resulted in a 2017 ESPN live broadcast with prosecutors from the Southern District of New York successfully bringing charges against managers, coaches and schools for corruption in the NCAA. It’s similar to what Nick Pileggi had with Henry Hill...
Lawson spent two years working secretly with Marty Blazer, the ex-manager whose cooperation as a confidential informant with the FBI resulted in a 2017 ESPN live broadcast with prosecutors from the Southern District of New York successfully bringing charges against managers, coaches and schools for corruption in the NCAA. It’s similar to what Nick Pileggi had with Henry Hill...
- 11/7/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has added to its documentary library with The Scheme, which follows one of the biggest college scandals in recent history - no, not that one. The documentary tells the true story of Christian Dawkins, a young man at the center of a ring of bribery and fraud involving college basketball recruits. In case you missed the film's premiere on March 31, here's a brief primer on the cases you'll hear about on screen.
Background of Bribery
According to ESPN, Dawkins worked as a "runner" - a sort of middleman - for Andy Miller, an NBA agent. For three years, up until 2017, federal investigators were looking into a ring of corruption in the college basketball world. Specifically, they were investigating violations of Ncaa policies against paying college athletes and the ways many colleges and players were getting around those rules. Dawkins was involved with a group connected to Adidas, the sneaker...
Background of Bribery
According to ESPN, Dawkins worked as a "runner" - a sort of middleman - for Andy Miller, an NBA agent. For three years, up until 2017, federal investigators were looking into a ring of corruption in the college basketball world. Specifically, they were investigating violations of Ncaa policies against paying college athletes and the ways many colleges and players were getting around those rules. Dawkins was involved with a group connected to Adidas, the sneaker...
- 4/1/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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