Whiting89 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 This ghetto school played a game on Friday and Sunday. Lied about having D1 prospects. How does the happen? Are there schools in Indiana like this? reminds me of college of faith in ncaa football years ago Source https://www.google.com/amp/s/thespun.com/more/top-stories/espn-high-school-bishop-sycamore-img-academy/amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASJCPUMA Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 The knew very little about this team on the TV today. Is it a legit h.s. or is it an on line high school? Not sure why theyw ere playing IMG Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiting89 Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, ASJCPUMA said: The knew very little about this team on the TV today. Is it a legit h.s. or is it an on line high school? Not sure why theyw ere playing IMG Academy Online charter school for at risk students Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 LOL @ ESPN not doing their homework. Embarrassing all around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICFan34 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Believe Warren played them Week 9 two or three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeqb Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Anything that makes ESPN looks foolish is fine in my book. I don’t think they are even recognized by the OHSAA, which makes it even worse IMO. Not sure how similar it is, but whatever happened to Indianapolis Lighthouse East? They popped up for one year and played a schedule, never to be heard from again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 29 minutes ago, oldtimeqb said: Anything that makes ESPN looks foolish is fine in my book. I don’t think they are even recognized by the OHSAA, which makes it even worse IMO. Not sure how similar it is, but whatever happened to Indianapolis Lighthouse East? They popped up for one year and played a schedule, never to be heard from again. Yes, those “at risk” kids were just crapped on again. All because of adults who put them in a bad spot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerFan20 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I thought I heard this school was fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerFan20 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Looks it was recently started up just for football, from reading some comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/espn-broadcasting-ohio-hs-football-team-img-academy Quote Why was an Ohio online-only charter school that’s not affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association, and in existence since 2019, playing IMG Academy on ESPN Sunday afternoon from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio when ESPN should’ve been showcasing one of the best teams in Ohio vs. IMG Academy? That’s a very good question that someone needs to answer. ESPN’s broadcast team was asking questions midway through the second quarter of today’s 58-0 thumping at the hands of IMG. The play-by-play guy knew they had been duped. Color analyst Tom Luginbill was so disgusted by what he saw on the field, he was tweeting that Bishop Sycamore is a "scam" after the game due to the fact that the coach told ESPN that the team featured several D-I recruits. Let’s go to the second quarter and Luginbill saying how concerned he was over someone getting hurt. Now, here’s where things get interesting. Did ESPN bother researching Bishop Sycamore? Did they open MaxPreps and take a look at Sycamore’s 2020 season where they were thumped 56-6…by IMG? Did anyone at that network bother to look into the school to learn that BISHOP SYCAMORE HAS FIVE WINS IN SCHOOL HISTORY? We can say that ESPN was duped, but this screams pure incompetence. High school football insiders believe a third-party game broker went out and found IMG an opponent to fill a slot that included an ESPN broadcast. The theory is that Bishop Sycamore’s coach went used-car salesman on the third-party, who then sold Bishop Sycamore to ESPN’s high school broadcast executives. The rest is history. Here’s reportedly how the sausage is made: Now, it’s entirely possible someone at ESPN knew Bishop Sycamore was a joke. And it’s entirely possible ESPN didn’t care how bad Bishop Sycamore is on the field. They just needed warm bodies to get blown out by IMG to fill a TV broadcast. It’s also possible Luginbill and his partner researched the Ohio online charter school and knew what was coming only to act like they were duped. This story gets even crazier. It appears Bishop Sycamore played a game Friday night in Pennsylvania and then played Sunday against IMG. Agreed on ESPN looking foolish. How exactly does this debacle promote high school football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerFan20 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Jeez, apparently they threw a bunch of fake names on their roster too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Forget ESPN not doing their homework, how about this team playing two games 48 hours apart from each other? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 11 hours ago, Whiting89 said: This ghetto school played a game on Friday and Sunday. Not sure that was necessary. As far as this, I read the article yesterday. What an embarrassment by ESPN! All the great high school football, and they broadcast that. As an aside, if an Indiana school were to play on a Sunday, it would need a waiver from the IHSAA, correct? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 18 minutes ago, BDGiant93 said: As an aside, if an Indiana school were to play on a Sunday, it would need a waiver from the IHSAA, correct? Correct but as an aside I don't believe IMG nor Bishop Sycamore are sanctioned by either of their state's high school governing body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysander Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Saw that game listed and honestly couldn’t figure out why IMG was playing an Ohio HS that I had never heard of. Still, as big of an embarrassment as it was (or should be) for ESPN (which I’m fine with), just what does it say about IMG’s difficulty in scheduling opponents that they have to stoop to this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lysander said: Saw that game listed and honestly couldn’t figure out why IMG was playing an Ohio HS that I had never heard of. Still, as big of an embarrassment as it was (or should be) for ESPN (which I’m fine with), just what does it say about IMG’s difficulty in scheduling opponents that they have to stoop to this? Please don’t call it a high school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Correct but as an aside I don't believe IMG nor Bishop Sycamore are sanctioned by either of their state's high school governing body. I'm just shocked that team ended up on ESPN. It's not like they clearly didn't know if the announcers were saying it in the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASJCPUMA Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 How do you play 2 games in 3 days with high school kids? Seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, BDGiant93 said: I'm just shocked that team ended up on ESPN. It's not like they clearly didn't know if the announcers were saying it in the game. Didn't watch any of it but saw 58-0. Thing is, IMG would beat just about anybody in the country 58-0 if they really wanted to. Did they call off the dogs early? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysander Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, BDGiant93 said: I'm just shocked that team ended up on ESPN. It's not like they clearly didn't know if the announcers were saying it in the game. Good point. Not sure ESPN cared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Didn't watch any of it but saw 58-0. Thing is, IMG would beat just about anybody in the country 58-0 if they really wanted to. Did they call off the dogs early? 37-0 at the half…assuming so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Online Charter.......no oversight whatsoever; no accountability for a thing they do; yet setting up a school like this is possible in so many states; including Indiana. There was actually an attempt recently in this part of the State. State legislators there MIGHT step up and do something, but they will not want to as it would open the door for greater accountability in other charters and online schools. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerFan20 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Found their website, little to none information http://www.bishopsycamore.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Irishman said: Online Charter.......no oversight whatsoever; no accountability for a thing they do; yet setting up a school like this is possible in so many states; including Indiana. There was actually an attempt recently in this part of the State. State legislators there MIGHT step up and do something, but they will not want to as it would open the door for greater accountability in other charters and online schools. If these charter schools don't live up to their customer's expectations then those paying customers (aka parents) will go elsewhere. And then the charter school closes. Wish there was such 'accountability' when it came to government schools... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASJCPUMA Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 After reading this ........................ https://www.foxnews.com/sports/espn-broadcasting-ohio-hs-football-team-img-academy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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