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Ex-agent pleads guilty to giving North Carolina players cash in football scandal

A former sports agent pleaded guilty on Monday to providing impermissible benefits to three ex-North Carolina football players and coaxing them into signing contracts with him.

According to the Associated Press, Terry Watson accepted 30 months of probation along with a $5,000 fine as part of a plea agreement that also included suspended jail sentence of six to eight months as issued by a judge. Watson pleaded guilty to 13 counts of athlete-agent inducement, including providing around $24,000 in cash and travel accommodations to three former Tar Heels -- Robert Quinn, Marvin Austin and Greg Little -- in 2010.