Amateur Page #7

---

because of what I've done for him.

[Gaines] I gave you a job.

This is how you repay me?

[Vince] You ain't using him right.

He's a scorer.

You won't let him get his,

so I found somebody who will.

[Gaines] What are you doing

meeting with him, Vince?

[Vince] When the number one team comes

calling, I listen to what they gotta say.

Well, whatever that dirt bag

told you is bullshit. Trust me.

He won't get any playing time.

It's my son.

I ain't gotta listen to you.

Actually, you do have to listen to me,

Vince.

Do you realize how involved you are?

The f*** are you talking about?

Did you forget we paid you to bring your son here?

Scholarship wasn't enough? You basically sold him.

[Vince] You were the motherf***er

that paid me.

[Gaines] No. Byron paid you.

Money left his account,

ended up in yours.

So, all your travel expenses, the receipts

for Terron's phone and his jewelry?

You know what, Vince?

It's all improper benefits, all illegal.

You try to move your son

from my program,

- I'll make sure Byron tells everything.

- Think I give a f*** about that?

You should, Vince. Once it's out he's been

paid to play, he's no longer an amateur.

So, he's not going anywhere.

But you're done here.

[Vince] You think after this, I'm gonna

keep him playing for your ass?

[Gaines] Don't get in the way

of what we build.

[sighs]

[line rings]

[Nia] Hey, I'm in the stands.

Where are you?

I'm downstairs. I think

I just did something really stupid.

- I'll be right there.

- All right.

[sighs]

Come on.

- Let's go, son.

- Why are you trying to f*** everything up?

- Excuse you?

- Go. Just go.

Boy, I will f...

- I'm sorry that...

- You trying to take the game away from me?

No. No, I would never do that.

- How much did you hear?

- I heard everything.

[Gaines sighs]

- I'm sorry. Let's forget this happened.

- We can't. I recorded it all.

You recorded it?

Well, delete it.

I did. But it was live,

so it already got views.

Jesus, Terron.

You shouldn't have done that.

Recruiting violations

hurt the player most.

If that gets out, that'd be bad.

You could lose your eligibility to play.

You'll be off the team

and I could be out of coaching.

If anybody saved that,

you don't know how f***ed we are.

[Gaines sighs]

Oh, damn.

Hey. What happened?

I don't know.

Yeah, well, whatever that dirt bag

told you is bullshit, trust me.

- He won't get playing time.

- I ain't gotta listen to you.

You do have to listen to me, Vince.

You realize how involved you are?

Did you forget that we paid you money

to bring your son here?

Did you forget that?

Byron paid you. Money left his

bank account, ended up in yours.

Scholarship wasn't enough?

You basically sold him.

You were the mother that paid me.

- Think I give a f*** about that?

- You should, Vince.

Once it's out he's been paid to play,

he's no longer an amateur.

[Doug] So, the idea with any equation

in algebra is the idea of equality.

It's why it's called an equation.

Whatever happens on one side

of the equal sign

has to happen on the other.

[crowd cheering]

Well, I ain't on the court either,

so that makes two of us.

Yo, bro. You gonna be all right?

They say yes,

but I have no health insurance.

- So, then, what can you do?

- Time to get job.

I not gonna pretend I'm student no more.

I'm 24 years old.

Twenty-four years old? I knew it.

Hey. We no have no birth certificate,

so I say I'm 18 so I get student visa.

- So, then what are you gonna do now?

- When I recover, I play international.

To Latvia. I no know it,

but I ask coach, he found me team.

Hmm.

So, what about you, Terron?

What are you going to do?

- What you got there, boy?

- Bills.

Give them here.

Boy, stop playing.

What you gonna do?

You can't even pay them right now.

You gonna sell me again?

Never even got a dollar for playing.

Even for all of this.

That's why I did what I did, boy.

Just trying to take care of this family.

You understand?

So, Ma. How much this cost?

- What?

- The house.

Well, that's not something

for you to worry about.

I'm trying to work something out.

Come on.

[chuckles]

Ma, it's a math problem. Come on.

How much should I put in

for my college amount?

Well, you could still go on scholarship.

Yeah, I just put in the same

as your loans, but what about Dad?

[Nia] What about him?

[Terron] Prescriptions and stuff.

How much do they cost?

[Nia] Well, that depends on

if you have insurance...

Yeah, true.

But we don't.

So, we need money for that,

on top of all this.

I don't know, Ma.

It's not making any sense.

Like, the numbers aren't making any sense.

Well, why did you record that class

on your phone?

How'd you get the direction

of your play calls right?

I don't know. I guess I just find a way

to work around things.

Well, what can we use

to work around these things?

College.

Coach.

The brand.

Gaines.

Coach Gaines.

[Gaines] Motherf***er.

[Gaines groans]

What are you doing here, Terron?

You were right.

I lost my eligibility,

so now I can't even play for my old team.

But people are saying

you paid players before.

This isn't the first time. Is that true?

Yeah, it's true.

You have to. You can't compete in

this game if you don't do that, Terron.

I wish these f***ers making the rules

would come meet you and your family.

And then try to tell me

I shouldn't help you out.

The thing's rigged against

the people it should be helping.

You didn't have to be like that

with my dad, though.

I'm sorry about that.

No way I'd let you play for that scumbag.

- They call him Coach Midnight.

- Why do they call him that?

He steals people's players

in the middle of the night.

- Ain't that what you did with me?

- No.

I met you at a reasonable hour.

It was, like, 8 p.m.

So, in that case, I guess

you're like Coach Dinnertime.

[both laughing]

Yeah, I guess.

Well, I'm not Coach Anything

at the moment, am I?

I'm sorry you had to lose your job

like that, coach.

- At least you're here with the fam, huh?

- Yeah. Yeah, it's great. It's great.

How's school? I hear Liberty's

playing you guys pretty soon.

- They gonna let you on the court?

- No.

- They gonna let you coach?

- Nobody would touch me now.

That means you need a job, right?

[chuckles]

You got something?

What?

What?

What's up,

I know I haven't posted in a minute.

I'm on my way to a meeting right now.

Gonna talk about my idea,

somewhere, all the way up there.

On my way to meet with my coach. He got

a few people with me to connect with.

I don't know if it's gonna work.

Trying to connect the pieces.

Been taking a bunch more meetings.

So, I guess my idea's not crazy.

I can't tell you guys

anything about it.

That's all y'all can see now.

But you guys will see in the future.

The Liberty boys pulling up.

Long time in the van.

Haven't seen these guys in a minute.

Ah, Coach Curtis. [chuckles]

Are you serious?

Terron, didn't you learn your lesson?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes