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Here's the deal, I don't know about this topic except.
It's a big news story here locally Columbus Ohio, the last 3 days.

The gist. They played a football game on espn last week, 2 weeks ,not sure saw the Hall of fame canton field.

According to news stories. A situation sort of like this exists.
Bishop Sycamore doesn't exist, a search for it's address leaves a trail disappearing addresses and skipped out on rents.

The football program is made up of 19 and 20 year old young men for maybe an online school that is more only the football team and nothing else.

The team may have played or planned to play up to 2 games in 3 days.

Ohio has in recent years had things like oHdela, (distance lerning acacemy) which were online only networks to teach school which received state school funding for a short time and then it was in the courts, which imo, may have been an environment to create a situation like this.

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This is one bizarre story. They really made ESPN look foolish.

https://www.sbnation.com/2021/9/1/22650834/bishop-sycamore-scandal-timeline

A complete timeline of how Bishop Sycamore fooled ESPN
Here’s how we reached this point.

By James Dator Sep 1, 2021, 10:08am EDT 2 Comments
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A high school showcase game has sparked a high school sports scandal in one of the most remarkable stories of the year. The “school,” Bishop Sycamore, was scrutinized after a 58-0 loss on ESPN that left announcers appalled and fans bewildered at how and why a team this bad was allowed to compete on national television.

In the wake of those fairly innocuous questions, we’ve been led down a remarkable path that continues to get more bizarre with each passing day. If you’ve been struggling to understand this whole debacle, let’s break it down.

Fall, 2018

Roy Johnson, who would eventually become head coach of Bishop Sycamore, starts an online charter school called “Christians of Faith Academy.” The school has an identical goal as Bishop Sycamore would go on to have, helping at-risk youth. After scrutiny by state officials, it was impossible to determine whether classes were actually taking place, and the school’s license was eventually revoked. Johnson was investigated for alleged fraud.
2019

“YouthBuild Centurions” is foundered in Columbus, Ohio — a rebranding of the Christians of Faith Academy. This was another online charter school with a football team which served as its public face. The school would later rebrand again, this time as “Bishop Sycamore.” A 2020 article by The Independent notes that Bishop Sycamore went 5-6 in its first season against a schedule that only features one Ohio school, adding that the school was not a member of the Ohio State Athletic Association, and has been a “lightning rod” for controversy in the local community.
September 23, 2019

The YouthBuild Centurions have a match cancelled when a school in West Virginia learns they have numerous players on the roster over the age of 18.
September 4, 2020

Bishop Sycamore plays its first recorded football game on Max Preps, losing 35-0 to a non-conference opponent.
Ahead of the game, athletic director Dave Brown speaks to The Independent about his approach to building the team, which curiously notes that he doesn’t want players or coaches to look up information about the team online. “I try to encourage our athletes and our coaching staff to stay off of the internet,” Brown says, a curious concept considering Bishop Sycamore is an online school.
October 16, 2020

Bishop Sycamore plays IMG Academy for the first time in their season finale. Bishop Sycamore loses 56-6, finishing the 2020 season 0-6, with their closest game being a 37-14 loss. Bishop Sycamore and IMG Academy will meet in less than a year on ESPN.
April, 2021

Bishop Sycamore spins up its online hype machine through a website which has since been shut down, showing it’s “closed for maintenance.” In it, nothing is mentioned of educational goals, or support for students. Instead the only information available is a series of blog posts detailing upcoming private workouts for college teams, and how the school recommends players create highlight clips to be noticed.
August 19, 2021

Bishop Sycamore opens its 2021 season with a 38-0 loss to Archbishop Hoban.
August 27, 2021

Bishop Sycamore plays Ro-Sox in Pennsylvania, losing 19-7
August 29, 2021

Bishop Sycamore plays IMG Academy on ESPN. The school is clearly outmatched and unable to keep up. During the game the announce team expresses its disgust at the situation, insinuating the network had been promised the school had numerous football players with D1 athletes, but clearly based on the game they do not. Furthermore there are questions about the safety of the players on the field against the bigger, stronger and more skilled IMG.

People begin digging into the history of Bishop Sycamore, learning not only was there never a Bishop Sycamore as a person — but almost nothing is known about the school. Ben Koo of Awful Announcing leads the charge investigating the school, being the first to point out they played two games in three days. Koo also questioned ESPN over how the school was put on TV, learning they trusted Paragon Marketing Group, a third party company to make the matchup.
August 30, 2021

As people begin to dig more into Bishop Sycamore, the more suspect the school becomes. It has two listed addresses. One appears to be a house in a residential area, the other is the library at Franklin University in Columbus.

August 31, 2021

Bishop Sycamore fire head coach Roy Johnson, who started this ball rolling back in 2018.
Athletic director Andre Peterson fires back at claims he’s running a “scam,” because, as he tells USA Today Sports “I’m not gaining anything financially from doing this.” It should be noted that as of August 30 there was an active GoFundMe trying to raise $20,000 for Bishop Sycamore, which has since been shut down. It received $140.
Bishop Sycamore closes its website, saying it’s “down for maintenance.” Archives of past articles are still available via WaybackMachine.
Schools begin backing out of scheduled games against Bishop Sycamore.


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Thought Tree did a good job commentary wise on the situation..

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December 19, 2021 - 06:43 PM EST
Ohio governor orders probe into whether 'scam' football school committed crimes
BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN286

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) called for a probe into whether laws were broken by an Ohio high school, which education officials found to be a "scam" after its supposedly top-tier football team got clobbered in a nationally televised game.

Bishop Sycamore came onto the national radar when it was pummeled 58-0 in a game televised by ESPN, which prompted reporters to look into the mysterious school.

The Ohio Department of Education's (ODE) investigation, released on Friday, found no evidence that Bishop Sycamore enrolled students in 2021 and said it didn’t meet the minimum requirements for academic offerings and student safety.


“Unfortunately, the facts suggest that Bishop Sycamore High School was and is, in fact, a scam,” the department concluded, calling it “a way for students to play football against high school teams and potentially increase students’ prospects of playing football at the collegiate level.”

In a statement on Friday, DeWine said he will ask the state Attorney General Dave Yost (R) and other officials to determine whether laws were broken by the supposed school, adding he will work with state education officials and lawmakers to help prevent a repeat of the situation.

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“Ohio families should be able to count on the fact that our schools educate students and don’t exist in name only as a vehicle to play high school sports,” DeWine said in his statement. “When an Ohio student goes to school, they deserve a quality education to prepare them for success in the future.”


According to the ODE report, Bishop Sycamore administrator Andre Peterson characterized his program as a way for players to get more exposure among college scouts.

Bishop Sycamore is registered as a “non-chartered, non-tax-supported school,” making it largely out of the department’s oversight, though the reforms being pushed by DeWine's administration could change that.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...-scam-after-espn-televised-football-game


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