NHR: ESPN presents fake HS football

[The Real SamC]

So ESPN has continued its late August deal of showing “big time” HS football. Had a game last weekend with Bishop Sycamore HS out of Columbus.

One problem. There is no such place. The Ohio government and the Diocese of Columbus have no record of the school and there has never been a bishop named Sycamore in the history of Columbus.

Apparently the school is an unaccredited “on-line” HS and most of the players are un recruited players from all over the country, some thought to be as old as 22, who got together to cash the check ESPN wrote them for playing on TV. The “school” played 2 games in 48 hours, losing to the ESPN/Nike IMG Academy (a boarding school for players with 5 stars and D averages) 58-0.

Apparently the coach now has a bench warrant out for him for “criminal mischief” and is facing lawsuits for bank fraud related to a similar venture “Christians of Faith Academy” and for skipping out on over $100K in hotel bills from that school’s players two years ago.

ESPN, the focus of evil in the sports world, is claiming it hired a “broker” to find IMGA a game after lots of schools declined to play its all 5* team. The “broker” apparently did not do any research. So ESPN says.

 

[TwolfHerdfan]

One of those stupid online charter schools that inflated the talent they had on the team. Shocker. How they get away with that stuff is beyond me. Coach needs to be in jail.

 

[herdalicious]

Reminds me of that guy that had a basketball "academy" in South Charleston - it was just a studio apartment above a business where all the players lived and slept. This stuff gets pretty close to the borderline of human trafficking.

 

[RhinoD]

Its amazing that this could happen to an organization like ESPN... You are going to spend untold amounts of money to broadcast a HS football game because its the only thing on and you don't google the teams?

Bishop Sycamore (online charter school) went 0-6 last year (their first year playing football). They have zero players rated in the Rivals star rating system.

The announcers called it out in the second quarter... It was something along the lines of "This Bishop Sycamore team has no business being here and someone is going to get hurt."

 

[ru4_mu2]

Its amazing that this could happen to an organization like ESPN... You are going to spend untold amounts of money to broadcast a HS football game because its the only thing on and you don't google the teams?

Bishop Sycamore (online charter school) went 0-6 last year (their first year playing football). They have zero players rated in the Rivals star rating system.

The announcers called it out in the second quarter... It was something along the lines of "This Bishop Sycamore team has no business being here and someone is going to get hurt."

When I turned it on, there was 10 minutes left in the 2nd quarter and IMG just went up 30-0. The announcers said the officials asked to run the clock (at the 30 point margin as they sensed someone getting hurt) and Bishop declined so they had to wait til 2nd half. That score is very deceiving........Could have been whatever IMG wanted to 0

 

[GoHerdMarshallYes]

Its amazing that this could happen to an organization like ESPN... You are going to spend untold amounts of money to broadcast a HS football game because its the only thing on and you don't google the teams?

Bishop Sycamore (online charter school) went 0-6 last year (their first year playing football). They have zero players rated in the Rivals star rating system.

The announcers called it out in the second quarter... It was something along the lines of "This Bishop Sycamore team has no business being here and someone is going to get hurt."

Seeing how committed they were to getting this as far as they did. Uniforms, headsets, fielding a team, etc.
Granted, the uniforms looked like "Team Builder" mode on Madden but still.
I don't know to be confused or inspired.

 

[bbneutralfan]

So ESPN has continued its late August deal of showing “big time” HS football. Had a game last weekend with Bishop Sycamore HS out of Columbus.

One problem. There is no such place. The Ohio government and the Diocese of Columbus have no record of the school and there has never been a bishop named Sycamore in the history of Columbus.

Apparently the school is an unaccredited “on-line” HS and most of the players are un recruited players from all over the country, some thought to be as old as 22, who got together to cash the check ESPN wrote them for playing on TV. The “school” played 2 games in 48 hours, losing to the ESPN/Nike IMG Academy (a boarding school for players with 5 stars and D averages) 58-0.

Apparently the coach now has a bench warrant out for him for “criminal mischief” and is facing lawsuits for bank fraud related to a similar venture “Christians of Faith Academy” and for skipping out on over $100K in hotel bills from that school’s players two years ago.

ESPN, the focus of evil in the sports world, is claiming it hired a “broker” to find IMGA a game after lots of schools declined to play its all 5* team. The “broker” apparently did not do any research. So ESPN says.

There is a Sycamore HS but in Cincinnati.

 

[herdfan06]

Lennay Kekua 2.0

 

[oldeherd]

LOL, and this is the "mastermind" behind College Football! The outfit who is calling all the shots and making all the big decisions at least when it comes to D1 football in 2021! Not the NCAA. No wonder things are is such flux and disarray!!

 

[GreenDuke]

They were scheduled to play Johnson Central Ky HS this week. JC has cancelled.

 

[Jartard]

Lennay Kekua 2.0

She was the valedictorian of BS High School. ESPN looks like idiots for this, and that makes me smile.

 

[HerdFan300]

Did Percy Moorman have anything to do with this?