Fake High School Made Up Of 20-30 Year-olds ‘Dupes ESPN’ Into Airing Football Game
A fake high school managed to finesses its way onto ESPN!
A report from FootballScoop questioned the authenticity of Bishop Sycamore, who lost 58-0 to IMG Academy in an exhibition game aired over the weekend by ESPN. The team of alleged 20-30-year olds were part of an online ‘prep school.’
ESPN’s commendations WENT IN on Bishop Sycamore 💀 pic.twitter.com/RCJv46gOA3
— BuckeyeScoop.com (@kirk_barton) August 29, 2021
During the game as IMG obliterated Sycamore, the ESPN commentators began to wonder if this team was really a top-level college football team, let alone worthy of being on national TV.
“Bishop Sycamore told us they had a number of Division I prospects on their roster,” Anish Shroff said on the broadcast. “To be frank, a lot of that we could not verify. They did not show up in our database, they did not show up in the databases of other recruiting services.”
To add to the mess, there has never been a Bishop named Sycamore, and schools are usually names after REAL people. Other reports also noted that the coach has an active arrest warrant and that the majority of the players were junior college dropouts. Coach Leroy (Roy) Johnson, faces an active warrant out of Delaware, Ohio, and multiple civil lawsuits.
Sorry. They had no business being in that game today. None. I feel bad for the kids. Player health and safety was at risk today. It was uncomfortable for anyone who watched. https://t.co/Eq39vdywLm
— Anish Shroff (@AnishESPN) August 29, 2021