Athlete Minded: Stories

Having famously brokered the Michael Jordan and Nike shoe deal back in the day, and with nearly every college basketball player wearing Nike sneakers a few seasons later, it's not every day you get to talk to someone who has a 30 for 30 documentary about them. The great thing about Sonny is that I always heard about him growing up.  My AAU basketball coach Rick Barrett would talk about him, and how he started the summer All-American basketball camps.  The first time I heard about this camp, it became my goal to make it there.  A few years later, I got my chance and played in the Adidas Superstar Camp, which was the competition to the original ABCD camp. In this episode, Sonny and I talk about the NCAA, the O'Bannon vs. NCAA lawsuit, and why athletes can't be paid a dime.  We also briefly touch on the "plantation system" which some people have said college athletics reminds them of. Overall, I am truly honored to have Sonny on the show.