In case anyone's as lazy as me here is the summary.

He said that's just how the world works and child should have simply been faster. Note that child already took the hat first and he took it from the kid's hands a full second after.

He also said anyone else would do the same.

Also not written but he is one of the sponsors of this team and could meet privately with the player whenever he wants. So he just wanted to steal from a child that day.