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Inside the Black Market for High School Football Players
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:23:30
Publish Date: 2026-01-16 20:24:00
Description:

From a young age, it was clear that Phillip Bell was a football phenom. He got his first college scholarship offer in middle school. But that talent drew Bell into Southern California’s unruly youth football black market. In that system, high schoolers and their families are paid millions to play football. WSJ's Harriet Ryan reports on a system that ultimately tore Phillip Bell's family apart. Ryan Knutson hosts.


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- NCAA President on a New Era for College Sports 

- Private Equity Finally Can Get a Piece of the NFL

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