A coach, team owner, athletic director or public official who publicly excuses , colludes or conceals the illegal activities of an athlete/s for financial or professional gain to the detriment of wider society.
They can usually be found in newspaper and TV
puff pieces defending the athlete with proclamations of "He did a
bad thing and he regrets it , but he's
good now."
Person
1 : "Did you see the news? The running back of (Insert sports team) just got arrested for breaking some guys face because he
cut him up in traffic.
Person 2: Ahhh shit there goes our season he is going to have to go to
jail.
Person
1: Nah his silver haired middle aged white man will be on the phone to the sheriffs office getting that shit squashed.