Post by DrTorch on Sept 1, 2021 10:23:55 GMT -5
dunno how many of you are following what might actually be the looniest sports story i've ever heard with IMG playing a HS team last week that turned out to be fake
awfulannouncing.com/espn/we-learned-more-about-how-bishop-sycamore-ended-up-playing-on-espn-and-its-only-getting-shadier.html
great article here ^^^^^^^^
some excerpts below from 11 Warriors:
"-There is very little evidence that this school even exists in any capacity.
-There is no such person as "Bishop Sycamore;" it's just arbitrarily named.
-This team played two games in a span of three days using the same players, many of which played both sides of the ball.
-The vast majority of the players aren't even in high school; they're graduated.
-The team claims to have multiple players with Division I offers, but there's absolutely no evidence of that.
-There are players on the roster with fake identities.
-The team was unable to give the broadcast team covering the game an official roster.
-The team does not appear to even have an away uniform or enough helmets for the entire team.
-They played IMG Academy last year... And IMG thought it was a good idea to just run it back on national television?
-The team appears to have absolutely no money, to the point that they ghosted multiple hotels before getting kicked out of another one."
Also a great take on the Tuesday Skull Session at 11 Warriors.
awfulannouncing.com/espn/we-learned-more-about-how-bishop-sycamore-ended-up-playing-on-espn-and-its-only-getting-shadier.html
great article here ^^^^^^^^
some excerpts below from 11 Warriors:
"-There is very little evidence that this school even exists in any capacity.
-There is no such person as "Bishop Sycamore;" it's just arbitrarily named.
-This team played two games in a span of three days using the same players, many of which played both sides of the ball.
-The vast majority of the players aren't even in high school; they're graduated.
-The team claims to have multiple players with Division I offers, but there's absolutely no evidence of that.
-There are players on the roster with fake identities.
-The team was unable to give the broadcast team covering the game an official roster.
-The team does not appear to even have an away uniform or enough helmets for the entire team.
-They played IMG Academy last year... And IMG thought it was a good idea to just run it back on national television?
-The team appears to have absolutely no money, to the point that they ghosted multiple hotels before getting kicked out of another one."
Also a great take on the Tuesday Skull Session at 11 Warriors.
