From a young age, it was clear that Phillip Bell was a football phenom. He got his first college scholarship offer in middle school. But that talent drew Bell into Southern California’s unruly youth football black market. In that system, high schoolers and their families are paid millions to play football. WSJ's <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/harriet-ryan?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Harriet Ryan</a> reports on <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/football-high-school-nil-phillip-bell-81270bdf?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">a system that ultimately tore Phillip Bell's family apart</a>. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeRE137bOADKmfaRnPKas8Pii1vm75Mw5_WeA1brWWLiNFBEjbbTgOwHpot8oc%3D&gaa_ts=696a9c51&gaa_sig=tb_2X5mcZOlyZiGYy6WvontsJ5_sHGXbvlI3oliRfu7CEZqtMxPZ2_qFgD31ThFhwnsEJN5u2AtL57ZWmX75Cg%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Ryan Knutson</a> hosts.

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