A thorough Google search would have told them all they needed to know that Bishop Sycamore wasn’t a legitimate program to face IMG Academy. Just how this got past ESPN is quite unfathomable, honestly. They have ensured us that they will take steps to prevent this kind of situation from happening moving forward.” “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. Update coming soonįrom an email sent to FTW, here’s ESPN’s official statement on the game. We reviewed Friday's film, and it seems like players played both games. Said he would have cancelled the game if they knew that a team had played on Friday. Spoke to President of Paragon Marketing Group, Rashid Ghazi, whose company scheduled the game. Oh, and apparently Bishop Sycamore also played a game on Friday night, less than 48 hours before taking on IMG Academy, endangering the health and safety of their players even more.Īccording to Rashid Ghazi, the president of Paragon Marketing Group - the company that scheduled the game - they did not know Bishop Sycamore had played on Friday night and would have cancelled the game if they knew that was the case. There’s far superior schools that could really and truly represent us here in the great state of Ohio. Listening to ESPN essentially acknowledge that they’ve been duped into covering this game today is kind of wild.īishop Sycamore is not an accurate representation of Ohio HS football. The IMG v Bishop Sycamore game on ESPN is something else □ the commentators said Bishop Sycamore essentially lied about having D1 recruits □□□ they said they need to stop the game and it’s in the 2 quarter Embarrassing to watch and someone is going to get hurt. ESPN has obviously been fooled into broadcasting a HS football game between IMG and an overmatched online charter school in Ohio called Sycamore Bishop. Twitter, of course, was just as confused as to why the country’s best high school team was playing a school no one had heard of before.īishop Sycamore went 0-6 last season and were outscored 227-42.Īnd why has IMG Academy played them two years in a row? /LUmGzApTVy Plus, Bishop Sycamore has only been around for two seasons to this point, casting even more doubt about their claims of reeling in D1 prospects. A quick Google search will bring up Bishop Sycamore’s 0-6 record from last year, and IMG Academy cleaned their clock 56-6 in their last meeting too. It’s hard to imagine how we even got here in the first place. The broadcasters also mentioned their attempts to verify Bishop Sycamore’s story, but could not come up with anything, and ultimately were concerned for the “health and safety” of the players involved… midway through the second quarter.ĮSPN’s commendations WENT IN on Bishop Sycamore □ /RCJv46gOA3 This is what happens when ESPN gets duped into airing a high school football game between the most talented team in the country and an online charter school nobody has heard of, went 0-6 last year, and lied about its roster to get on TV. How did we get to this point, you ask? Well apparently, Bishop Sycamore lied its way into this game by stating they had D1 prospects (they don’t) and naming players who don’t even go to the school in their press release.ĮSPN’s broadcast of the game, meanwhile, scrambled to fill air time during IMG Academy’s drubbing of a vastly inferior opponent. 1 high school team in the country - on ESPN’s main channel on Sunday, and were destroyed 58-0. And yet, Bishop Sycamore played IMG Academy - likely the No. If that school doesn’t ring any bells, you’re not alone here. IMG Academy’s opponent? A small school named Bishop Sycamore, an online school from Ohio. In the midst of college football and the NFL ramping up, it’s also time for good old high school football! For the last few days, ESPN has been airing seven high school football games as part of their GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff, with the last game of the weekend slated to be high school powerhouse IMG Academy’s second game of the season. Well, this is a goof ESPN will be thinking about for some time.
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