patriot golf day? thanks to the p.g.a. golf professionals across the country and great americans we raised $4.3 million by asking golfers to play golf and make a small donation when they do that. brian: i think golfers are a very patriotic bunch. it s a great way to get out there too. the families that are benefitting, they come down. if dad is no longer there, in some cases mom is no longer there. they ve got to go to college. there is no scholarship waiting for them over the rainbow. what have you done? we raised overñi $25 million as an organization. we re going to meet some of the recipients in the next segment so you ll see the impact this is having. it s incredible. almost one million depend he depend he wants have had someone killed in iraq or afghanistan and approximately 80% get no benefits. brian: you have a
ensnared somebody who is a high school star with a scholarship waiting for them from usc. this case should be looked at as a warning. with his case, you have a victim, to your point, and she made this allegation. the jury believed it. and i believe if the facts are here correctly, he ended up working out a deal for fear that he would spend truly the rest of his life behind bars even though he was innocent of that crime. scary. absolutely. the falcons general manager said, he s worked extremely hard for this chance over the last year and shown us he s prepared for this opportunity. we re happy brian will have a schans to live out his dream of playing in the nfl. what a credit to him as an athlete. one thing about time behind bars is the food is very high in carbohydrates. it s not good for you. 9 brian banks himself has lost
of playing in the nfl were dashed perhaps forever by an accuser who later recanted her story after he served the jail time. brian banks had a scholarship waiting for him at football powerhouse usc when a high school classmate accused him of rape. despite the fact that there was no dna, there were no witnesses. there was virtually no evidence, the young man spent five plus years in prison. here in an interview that aired last night on 60 minutes, he explained the plea deal he took on the advice of his lawyer. what i did was i pled no contest. so, i didn t plead guilty, but it still holds the same burden of a guilty plea. it was a situation where pretty much i was forced to take this deal. i had the option of facing life in prison or taking shorter time in prison and at the age of 17, and not really being represented correctly, i could only think of one thing getting home to my family and back to my life. the only way i saw that fit