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What happens when you analyze your favorite college football team like the CIA?

64 points · 35 comments · adam

tocs3 · 1790348266 · focus · HN ↗
The kicker has a drug habit. The quarterback is making a suspicious number of overseas call. The coach is having an extramarital affair that could be exploited by a blackmailer.
1. neilv · 1790368327 · focus · HN ↗
  A rival team has an ambitious but craven assistant coach who, with a regime change, could be better controlled towards our interests.
  Another team's key player couldn't be replaced on short notice, were they to be removed from the board, in a deniable 'gang-related' incident in front of the nightclub they frequent.
  The roster of a favored team could be boosted with secret financial incentives to candidates, funded off-the-books by new gambling and prostitution operations.
  1. bilbo0s · 1790376225 · focus · HN ↗
    >Funded off-the-books by new gambling and prostitution operations.
    Nah.
    These people don't like to share. They have to pay and/or payoff players, coaches, staff and so on.
    But after that?
    Yeah.. they're taking every nickel they can right down to the bottom line.
    They're not letting anybody else in on that racket.

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