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Harriet Ryan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
118 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

Money Man says, like, look, I can come up with $24,000 a year for his senior season, but that's it.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

And so he's about to do that deal, and then he realizes that it's just not going to look good.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

The school that he's buying kids for at that point is a poor-ish public school in L.A., like, not in a good area.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

And he's like, how am I going to explain that the star player is spending his senior year playing for this team?

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

So he's like, I'm not going to do it.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

She was diabetic.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

She didn't take insulin.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

And she was found dead in her bed with a lot of cocaine in her system and with a condition that's caused by a lack of insulin.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

His father tries to find him at football practice and runs into the coach, in which the dad is just like, his mom just died.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

He needs therapy.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

His head is all over the place.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

I just want to talk to him.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

This is not natural.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

And the coach essentially says, like, I cannot force him to talk to you.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

You know, it's his decision, kind of.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

Well, yeah.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

I mean, it's unclear why the court order wasn't enforced.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

But I've been told that it was a bruising custody hearing proceedings for his mother.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

And she was furious with how her family had handled things and had sided with, you know, her ex-husband.

The Journal.
Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players

And she said, I forbid you from ever talking to those people again.