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Episode 306: The PGA's deal with Saudi Arabia and corruption in professional sport

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The Secret Trade of Football Players

Sports seems to be a place where everything collides, doesn't it as you talk about politics and economics and everything, celebrity, of course, as well. So had you, had you written your book, football, secret trade at that point when you started working for the New York Times? Yes, yes, just it was a labor passion project really for Alex and I, we didn't really make any money from it. But that's an interesting story in itself. The thing that makes fans more excited than anything else is the kind of rumor mill and the trading of these human beings between teams.

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