This episode of The Locker Room we talk/ HBO’s NCAA basketball scandal documentary The Scheme that prompts many questions. EJ & Myles (MH) shares some of our questions as we debate some of the issues in this amazing show.

Christian Dawkins is a kid from Saginaw, Michigan whose life was all about basketball,the family business as we like to say. His father was a locally famous high school coach who led his team to two state championships; his brother was a young superstar-in-the-making when he tragically passed away from a heart condition. Dawkins who wasn’t that great on the court, so he applied his preternatural intelligence toward being a scout/recruiter/agent who bridged the gaps between talented hoopsters and the college coaches and big-name shoe companies who wanted them. Noticing the value of the Black Athlete at an early age, learned to play the game. On his way to being the next great thing in sport business, his drive and ambition was used against him.

Dawkins had started his own agency and, in a quest for financing, ended up getting used dealing with a couple of shady dudes, and a couple of other shady characters who were shady because they were actually, well, you know, undercover FBI agents. Eventually, Dawkins found himself in a hotel room with a bunch of FBI machine guns pointed at him, had him feeling like an R&B singer. Further complicating the story, Dawkins’ phone was wiretapped, and we all grew up on The Wire so we know that's not good. The wires, they’re an important part of this film, which presents them to the public for the first time and something that probably won’t make big-name university head coaches like Arizona’s Sean Miller and LSU’s Will Wade very happy.

Christian Dawkins is a man of significant moral complexity. Christian’s point of view, and he’s given the last statement of his view of people in the case, the NCAA, the FBI and the Coaches. He feels there was a cover up; possibly because he’s more right than wrong. And possibly because the FBI, the Southern District of New York and the aforementioned coaches wouldn’t participate in the movie, which is a sure sign there is more to the story. We hope there is a part two!

Has HBO ever made a bad documentary? Will it satisfy sports fans who are bummed that March Madness was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic? You have to watch and see if you haven't already!

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