Post by robeiae on Aug 31, 2021 6:47:15 GMT -5
So funny: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/bishop-sycamore-s-legitimacy-in-question-after-football-team-s-58-0-loss-to-img-academy/ar-AANUXiq
Lol on the "several factors." It's a strip-mall school with no athletic buildings. It's got a roster of like 35 players in total, many of whom are apparently ineligible for high school football. The coach has an active arrest warrant out for him. It's located--theoretically--in Ohio, yet its athletic teams are a part of some Texas league.
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Danger, Will Robinson, danger!! How thew fuck--pardon my salty language--did this team end up on a nationally televised ESPN broadcast? The powers that be at ESPN are blaming Paragon Marketing, who schedules the HS games for ESPN, apparently:
Sorry, but that is utter nonsense. The broadcast team for the game, the producers for the broadcast itself, and marketing people at ESPN should have realized this long before the game went on the air. All of them should be canned, imo.
IMG Academy's football team faced off against Ohio-based Bishop Sycamore recently and it wasn't a pretty result. IMG Academy looked absolutely dominant in a 58-0 win, which was supposed to feature two powerhouse high school football programs. IMG Academy, based in Bradenton, Florida, is annually one of the top programs in the country and boasts several four- and five-star prospects on a yearly basis.
Considering that this game was shown on a national broadcast, you'd think that this would be a competitive game. In fact, it bordered on the side of being extremely dangerous for this Bishop Sycamore team to be sharing the same gridiron as IMG Academy. Because following the game, there were several factors that led many to question the legitimacy of Bishop Sycamore as a football program.
Considering that this game was shown on a national broadcast, you'd think that this would be a competitive game. In fact, it bordered on the side of being extremely dangerous for this Bishop Sycamore team to be sharing the same gridiron as IMG Academy. Because following the game, there were several factors that led many to question the legitimacy of Bishop Sycamore as a football program.
Lol on the "several factors." It's a strip-mall school with no athletic buildings. It's got a roster of like 35 players in total, many of whom are apparently ineligible for high school football. The coach has an active arrest warrant out for him. It's located--theoretically--in Ohio, yet its athletic teams are a part of some Texas league.
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The Centurions don't exactly have much of a background to look back on. According to the school's official website, there are five total blog posts regarding the football team dating to April 2021, but there hasn't been one since May 21. If the school is about to begin the football season, you'd think that there would be some kind of season preview content.
In addition, if you click on the "About Us," and "Staff" sections of the school's website, the sections are absolutely blank. The "Schedule" tab just says that the 2021 schedule is "coming soon."
There was also a GoFundMe page in Bishop Sycamore's name that was set up on Aug. 21, 2021. The description for the GoFundMe page said that Bishop Sycamore is a "new football program getting established in Columbus" and plays "a national schedule which is ranked 4th in the nation." The campaign had raised just $140 of a $20,000 goal, but is no longer accepting donations.
In addition, if you click on the "About Us," and "Staff" sections of the school's website, the sections are absolutely blank. The "Schedule" tab just says that the 2021 schedule is "coming soon."
There was also a GoFundMe page in Bishop Sycamore's name that was set up on Aug. 21, 2021. The description for the GoFundMe page said that Bishop Sycamore is a "new football program getting established in Columbus" and plays "a national schedule which is ranked 4th in the nation." The campaign had raised just $140 of a $20,000 goal, but is no longer accepting donations.
"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. They have ensured us that they will take steps to prevent this kind of situation from happening moving forward.”