Former Vanderbilt quarterback Mo Hasan said he once was approached by a member of the Italian Mafia and offered a lump sum of money to throw games during his playing days in the SEC.
“I was approached at Jason Aldean’s bar in Nashville by the Italian mob to fix football games,” Hasan said on his Momentum podcast in February.
Hasan went on to explain that while he was separated from his friend group, a man who knew who he was approached him at the bar and offered him $300,000 to throw football games while implying he already had similar arrangements with Alabama players.
“He said, ‘We regularly talk to guys in your position about fixing games,’” Hasan continued. “He named guys in the SEC, who I don’t wanna say their names, because they’re in the NFL right now, and that’s a bad look. But the University of Alabama … He said almost every game in the SEC is rigged.”
When the Italian Mafia approached @Mo_Hasan10 at Jason Aldean's bar to rig an SEC football game for 300k🤯
— Momentum Podcast (@momentumpod) March 1, 2024
Would you have taken the money? pic.twitter.com/okqPN0WsJJ
It’s worth noting that Hasan was a backup at Vanderbilt in 2018 and ’19 and attempted just 17 passes with the Commodores—so his expected impact on a game would be marginal at best.
Although Hasan’s statement raises an intriguing conspiracy theory, it’s probably best taken with a grain of salt considering Hasan’s limited role with the Commodores.
