OT: Fake HS Football Team Plays on ESPN

[cicero grimes]

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/we-learned-more-about-how-bishop-sycamore-ended-up-playing-

Sorry about the link but a fake HS made it onto ESPN HS football over the weekend. Played IMG Academy two days after playing a team from Pittsburg. Most of the Bishop Sycamore kids play both ways and did so on one day's rest. Pretty dangerous for the kids and ESPN aired the game without vetting the school.

 

[mdk01]

Surprised Anish figured it out. Syracuse misled him all spring into thinking they were a better lacrosse team than Rutgers

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Link doesn't work.

 

[mdk01]

Link doesn't work.

google IMG- Sycamore

 

[RUevolution36]

FIFY

We learned more about how Bishop Sycamore ended up playing on ESPN, and it's only getting shadier

Bishop Sycamore went from a game on Friday to playing IMG Academy on ESPN on Sunday. We explored how and why, and found a lot of shady shit.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

This is one of the craziest stories I have ever read.

This fake HS is actually made up of Juco players in their twenties. They also still got their asses handed to them. They didn't score a single point against IMG.

 

[Ataylor1989x]

The more you read into the details, the easier it seems that one could learn from every single one of those mistakes and successfully create their own ringer program with televised games and a national schedule.

 

[MADHAT1]

I wonder why IMG hasn't received some flack over scheduling a team like this.
Do the people who schedule games even check if an opponent has a legitimate team, or just look to see if school academically accredited .

ESPN is blaming the company they outsource scheduling HS games and said that outfit promised to do better.
> ESPN’s official statement on the game.:

“We regret that this happened and have discussed it with Paragon, which secured the matchup and handles the majority of our high school event scheduling. They have ensured us that they will take steps to prevent this kind of situation from happening moving forward.”

 

[Ataylor1989x]

 

[Plum Street]

I guess this means ESPN isn’t going to get Bishop Sycamore into the SEC.

 

[Ataylor1989x]

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

UConn?

 

[PiscatawayMike]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...-bishop-sycamores-selection-for-it/ar-AANSpvG

 

[cubuffsdoug]

ESPiN doesn't take responsibility for anything. It's always the other guy's fault.

 

[iReC89]

This might be crazier then the University of Phoenix stadium.

 

[ScarletDave]

The name of the school is “BS” for crying out loud

 

[Ataylor1989x]

The more you read into the details, the easier it seems that one could learn from every single one of those mistakes and successfully create their own ringer program with televised games and a national schedule.

I’m going to predict that some public school program gets taken over by someone who can move regional studs into town and give them access to a training facility free of charge. Then they could enroll them in an online educational program and compete as a team with a customized schedule. It’s just the next logical step of all this.

We’ve seen it in basketball. I remember there was an AAU Central Jersey all-star team that had a fab five-like takeover of what had been a pedestrian Marlboro girls basketball program and had it in the Tournament of Champions a few straight years.

Five Freshmen at Marlboro High School Put Girls' Basketball First (Published 2001)

MARLBORO TOWNSHIP, N.J., Feb. 9 — On Tuesday night in the Marlboro High School gymnasium, Brina Pollack, a point guard on the Marlboro basketball team, raced downcourt with the ball. Facing a Howell opponent, she whipped a behind-the-back pass to Chakhia Cole on her left. Without hesitation...

www.nytimes.com

 

[mdk01]

I’m going to predict that some public school program gets taken over by someone who can move regional studs into town and give them access to a training facility free of charge. Then they could enroll them in an online educational program and compete as a team with a customized schedule. It’s just the next logical step of all this.

We’ve seen it in basketball. I remember there was an AAU Central Jersey all-star team that had a fab five-like takeover of what had been a pedestrian Marlboro girls basketball program and had it in the Tournament of Champions a few straight years.

Five Freshmen at Marlboro High School Put Girls' Basketball First (Published 2001)

MARLBORO TOWNSHIP, N.J., Feb. 9 — On Tuesday night in the Marlboro High School gymnasium, Brina Pollack, a point guard on the Marlboro basketball team, raced downcourt with the ball. Facing a Howell opponent, she whipped a behind-the-back pass to Chakhia Cole on her left. Without hesitation...

www.nytimes.com

It takes a lot more than 5 players to put a football team together. And you do have residency issues. Besides, at least in North Jersey the Catholics have basically already done it. I don't see it.

 

[Scarlet1984]

"Bishop Sycamore"? Too funny. Sounds completely bogus.

Reminds me of Saint Hubbins.

 

[Roy_Faulker]

This team also played other HS teams last season...

The OHSAA is concerned about club soccer teams having more than 5 players from the same HS playing together...and charging $10 for students to attend playoff games (regular games are usually $5-$7) than vetting who the schools who are playing..

 

[kupuna133]

This all lands squarely on Paragon sports, ESPN and the Ohio state high school athletic commission. It's not like this was a pre season 7v7 game in some random town. Something like that can fall through the cracks. This bogus school played a full schedule last year and has a national schedule this year with multiple games on TV. Sounds to me like Paragon pimped this team out to teams from multiple states for schedule filler.

I turned on the TV and saw the 2 teams warming up and knew something was a little off. Uniforms didn't match, multiple facemask colors. Coaching staff on Bishop Sycamore looking anything but professional. I have seen flag football coaches looking more button upped.

 

[lloyde dobler]

It takes a lot more than 5 players to put a football team together. And you do have residency issues. Besides, at least in North Jersey the Catholics have basically already done it. I don't see it.

Wayne Hills and Irvington?

 

[RUPsyched]

Wasn't there an ECA school in Delaware that was pretty much an online school with a football team?

 

[ScarletKid2008]

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Mah gawd that last hit !!!!

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Wasn't there an ECA school in Delaware that was pretty much an online school with a football team?

Yes. The father of the QB, who committed to USC as an 8th grader, funded the entire program. Delaware caught on to the scheme and closed it down. The father decided to move the program to Maryland, where it continued the same setup. FYI: the QB never made it to USC. Instead, he became an excellent WR at WVU. There was talk of me making the league as a WR. He had size, hands, and solid speed.

 

[RUfromSoCal?]

Some of you h.s. recruiting experts can tell me how something like this goes down. But apparently:

a fake* high school named Bishop Sycamore found itself in a matchup being aired on ESPN against IMG Academy. It was a lopsided affair with IMG Academy winning 58-0, but this didn't seem too outlandish at the time given that they are one of the top high school football programs in the country. However, a few days later it was discovered that Bishop Sycamore is a completely made up school and they lied to ESPN about the amount of Division 1 players on their roster. Furthermore, the school's official address is a home and it was discovered that the roster was mostly comprised of 19 and 20 year olds. But craziest of all, it was discovered that there is an ACTIVE arrest warrant out for their head coach Roy Johnson for fraud charges. It is hard to comprehend how ESPN could allow this to happen and it is likely that someone will be losing their job because of this ordeal. If there is any details I am leaving out, let me know in the comments. In this video, I showcased some of the lowlights for Bishop Sycamore from this 58-0 beatdown. Enjoy!

Another crazy detail about this story is that Bishop Sycamore played 2 entire football games in a span of 3 days! They played a game on Friday night and then less than 48 hours later they squared off against IMG on Sunday afternoon. This is extremely dangerous for any football team, but especially for a team that is insanely outmatched.

Former Bishop Sycamore player Aaron Boyd has spoken out and given some troubling details on the dynamic of the team. He admitted there is no campus or form of education and that the team regularly pays hotels with bounced checks. Furthermore, players had to sleep on the floor of hotel rooms and often robbed stores just so they could eat. The more details come out, the more this sounds like a movie in real life.

Who is Bishop Sycamore? What we know about mysterious HS football team that played on ESPN

Mystery surrounds the Columbus, Ohio-based school Bishop Sycamore, which played a football game on ESPN that drew attention for misinformation.

www.usatoday.com

it's all very strange...

*I'm not saying there isn't some h.s. level home-charter school that is called Bishop Sycamore.. I'm just saying they ain't a real h.s. football team in the "usual" sense...

of course, some might say it was just one fake hs. playing another.... ;)

 

[Plum Street]

Lol

 

[Knight Shift]

Another duplicate thread? That's 5 or 6 tonight.

semi-OT: IMG Academy playing totally fake h.s.

Some of you h.s. recruiting experts can tell me how something like this goes down. But apparently: a fake high school named Bishop Sycamore found itself in a matchup being aired on ESPN against IMG Academy. It was a lopsided affair with IMG Academy winning 58-0, but this didn't seem too...

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