ESPN's Outside The Lines ran a fascinating and disturbing story this weekend about a youth football league in South Florida where people in the stands openly gamble thousands of dollars on football games involving kids as young as five years old.

The report also alleges that many of those same people pay coaches and players for big performances and plays, even putting point spreads on youth league games. They will also pay parents and players to direct certain kids to their favorite teams.

For league championship games, some winning pots have reach as much as $75,000.

One of the reasons it is done so openly is because many of the gamblers are believed to be drug dealers, and many are afraid to speak up. No parents would talk to ESPN on camera because of threats from the gamblers.

Smoking and drinking are also out in the open in the stands.

ESPN even caught one of the coaches taking money from people in the crowd during a game, after saying on camera there was a zero tolerance policy on gambling in the league. When asked why he was "holding" money, he implied that he powerless to stand up to them.

You can watch the whole report below, and read more about it at ESPN.com >