Breaking News: Ex-college quarterback claims Italian mob offered him $300K to rig SEC football games
A former quarterback from Vanderbilt University alleged that he was approached by members of the Italian mafia, who offered him large sums of money to manipulate football games during his time as a college athlete.
Mo Hasan, who served as a backup quarterback for the Commodores in 2018 and 2019, revealed on his podcast that he was propositioned by a mobster who offered him $300,000 to influence the outcome of Vanderbilt’s games.
When the Italian Mafia approached @Mo_Hasan10 at Jason Aldean's bar to rig an SEC football game for 300k🤯
Would you have taken the money? pic.twitter.com/okqPN0WsJJ
— Momentum Podcast (@momentumpod) March 1, 2024
According to Hasan, the mobster claimed that “Almost every game in the SEC is rigged” and approached him at Jason Aldean’s Kitchen and Rooftown Bar in Nashville.
Hasan mentioned that Alabama was among the schools implicated in the scheme, stating, “He said, ‘We regularly talk to guys at your position about fixing games.'” He refrained from naming specific individuals but hinted that some are currently playing in the NFL, with the University of Alabama being mentioned explicitly.
Some skeptics questioned Hasan’s credibility, particularly given his limited playing time at Vanderbilt, where he threw only 17 passes. ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy also weighed in on the issue, suggesting on his podcast “McElroy & Cubelic In The Morning” that it would be challenging to manipulate games from the bench.