Griff Burkett was a school-of-hard-knocks kid, abandoned by his mother, adopted by his highschool football coach. Under his tutelage, Griff earned a scholarship to play college ball and then a multimillion dollar contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Griff had a good heart, but his achilles heel was his arrogance, and his gambling. At the end of his career, deep in debt, a local organized crime kingpin offers him a chance to resolve his loans by throwing a game. Griff agrees, and walks straight into an FBI sting.

After serving time, Griff finds only closed doors. Then he is summoned to the mansion of eccentric millionaire airline owner Foster Speakman. Speakman, a recluse since a car accident left him crippled, is impotent. He offers Griff half a million dollars to impregnate his wife Laura -- discreetly, and with manifold rules. One of which is, if Griff succeeds, he will leave town and never see his child as long as he lives.

Griff has few options. He's still hounded by Detective Stanley Rodarte, who organized the gambling sting, and seems set upon ruining Griff's life. Griff has little means of earning a living, no family, and few friends. So he agrees. Only to quickly realize he's been set up...