ccbulldog Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 how in the world did a fake "online charter" high school get to play on national TV yesterday? They were terribly prepared, their helmets were all different brands and of course they got skulldrug! And get this, they had also played a game Friday night too. The ESPN announcers were apologizing profusely. How does something like this happen? What a black eye on high school football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, ccbulldog said: how in the world did a fake "online charter" high school get to play on national TV yesterday? They were terribly prepared, their helmets were all different brands and of course they got skulldrug! And get this, they had also played a game Friday night too. The ESPN announcers were apologizing profusely. How does something like this happen? What a black eye on high school football. Because it was IMG Academy. Thats all ESPN was focused on the weeks leading up to the game, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1nglewing Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 From another article: "They were formed as COF Academy a few years back, but that program collapsed under fraud and misuse of funds, including fraudulently obtaining loans and failing to pay numerous vendors and landlords. so they folded that name and called themselves Bishop Sycamore. In the 2-3 years they’ve been BS, they’ve used multiple fake addresses, multiple fake names, fraudulently attached themselves to actual charitable entities without those entities’ knowledge or permission, and then created a fake school name to attach themselves to, before giving that up and going back to just calling themselves BS and using a fake address. There is not and never has been an actual school. And there is not and never has been a person named Bishop Sycamore. They use post-grad players, which is one of the many reasons they are not certified by OHSAA or any other certifying body for high school sports. They... lie online about their players, their facilities, and their fake D-1 offers. Meanwhile, they barely have enough players to cover offense and defense, and they don’t have enough uniforms, equipment, and helmets for all the players." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaisbandkid Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, Vott said: Because it was IMG Academy. Thats all ESPN was focused on the weeks leading up to the game, IMG is the best team in the nation. ESPN airs IMG regularly. But Bishop Sycamore lied to IMG and ESPN about the fact that they were as bad as they were. IMG shouldn't have scheduled that bad of a team in the first place. To think that MRA was going to be the biggest embarrassment on ESPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaisbandkid Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Honestly that game was hilarious to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, msaisbandkid said: IMG is the best team in the nation. ESPN airs IMG regularly. But Bishop Sycamore lied to IMG and ESPN about the fact that they were as bad as they were. IMG shouldn't have scheduled that bad of a team in the first place. To think that MRA was going to be the biggest embarrassment on ESPN. I read that a 3rd party broker set all the teams up. Everyone was lied to, but ESPN should have done some research beforehand. The “school” should be dissolved and someone should do some jail time for fraud. I read that some players were to old to play in the Ohio public school system. Maybe it’s a school for people who identify as high school kids. it was obvious ESPN didn’t do a whole lot of research during the MRA game. They kept say “Mississippi State champion MRA”, like they were the best of the best. I never heard them mention the difference between private and public. Of course some states, the top private schools are better than any of the public. Edited August 30, 2021 by MSTSatchmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaisbandkid Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said: I read that a 3rd party broker set all the teams up. Everyone was lied to, but ESPN should have done some research beforehand. The “school” should be dissolved and someone should do some jail time for fraud. I read that some players were to old to play in the Ohio public school system. Maybe it’s a school for people who identify as high school kids. it was obvious ESPN didn’t do a whole lot of research during the MRA game. They kept say “Mississippi State champion MRA”, like they were the best of the best. I never heard them mention the difference between private and public. Of course some states, the top private schools are better than any of the public. I agree with all of that except for the fact that given the teams that MRA did play last year, MRA was at least a contender for the best team in Mississippi next to Oak Grove. That isn't true this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, msaisbandkid said: I agree with all of that except for the fact that given the teams that MRA did play last year, MRA was at least a contender for the best team in Mississippi next to Oak Grove. That isn't true this year. They did beat a 6-4 class 4A Corinth pretty bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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