Former Bishop Sycamore player speaks out
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2024
- Bishop Sycamore, the mysterious High School football team, continues to make news. Today, a former player told his side of the story.
Aaron Boyd said when he arrived in Columbus the team was sleeping in a Delaware County hotel after coaches told them they were waiting for their dorms to be ready.
“Instead we ended up going from place to place like Airbnb's. At one point I stayed with a girl in her college dorm,” he said.
And now, St. Edward High School has canceled their game against the Ohio football team.
Questions regarding Bishop Sycamore first came about when the broadcasters on the ESPN telecast admitted it couldn't verify that the team possessed a number of Division 1 recruits, as it had claimed.
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It's not even a real school. How tf he get fired from a fake high school?
Coverup to make it look real
Lol 😂
Good point
The whole world is a stage
Lol
Since Madden won't put create a team back in their game people are playing create a team in real life
Wow, there's seriously no create a team in Madden??? Since when??
@@3rrr239 I enjoyed Madden til like 06 they hardly made any changes
Bruh its been about a decade since Madden had that.
@@3rrr239 the NFL are actually the ones who dont allow create a team to be in the game
That was EA NCAA football
You could rather create or find your high school on line
I want a Bishop Sycamore Athletic Department T-shirt...just for the laughs.
B SAD lil
I want a Jersey.....for real I do
put me down for a coffee mug. or wall flag.
@@76turner1 The jersey is plain black tshirt. Go steal a Sharpie from Walmart to write the number you want. All done.
Bishop Sycamore Senior of the year for the 4th year - T shirt I want 😉
Jay Crawford must be feeling satisfied to see his former employer ESPN getting rightfully roasted for being a bunch of clowns for putting this game on tv.
He's not the only one. Some of us Big 12 fans are getting a pretty good gee-haw out of it too!
The world might be a better place if Bishop Sycamore was allowed to exist, and ESPN was the entity that got shut down. ROTFL!!
Is ESPN really a clown for putting this game on? It probably has more views that it would have without the backstory, it’s like one of the biggest jokes rn and has a lot of media coverage, and it’s everywhere, they kinda took a W with this
@@s1mpl1fy10 Well, if you subscribe to the idea that "bad press" is better than no press (and some people do)... then I guess you could look at it that way.
I still think ESPN is a bunch of buffoons. Stories like this just reinforce that belief, and makes me smile.
@@dalemarkwell1171 all press is bad press. And no bad press isn’t better then no press, but I was just saying that if they knew bishop sycamore was fake they pulled a genius move. This has more press then it would for just img vs a random school. They are making some serious bank with this
It’s funny how espn is completely quiet on this situation.
if they were white itd be a totally different story.
At first this shit is hilarious but then you learn how these would be players were lied to and neglected. Shits so messed up.
It’s still hilarious 😂 when something is too good to be true it almost always is .. like how they expect to not go to school n play football ? Like they’re semi pro athletes or something
Just ran into this story and was pleasantly surprised to see Jay Crawford is an anchor here! Dude was a staple from the times I used to watch ESPN as a kid. Thanks for the memories and glad to see you're still doing well!
Ya this truly is awesome to see him . I can’t believe he’s night high up in sports world still . It is great to see
@@techdeathhippie6319 Is that really him?
@@Peakfreud ya it is
Back when ESPN was watchable.
@@JohnSnow-vf7wh fr . It’s so bad now . Truly the worst . And remember back in the day when they didn’t yell the whole time . The yelling is so old now
I wish this young man & all those players the best. Keep your head up and ignore all this noise. I support the fact that you were out there on the field and showed up for every game.
He wasn’t fired. There is no position. This is a scam and they’ll find a way to continue scamming in the future.
kill em
It’s official Cleveland has the best sports anchors in the country hands down. 👏🏽
This gives a whole new meaning to “fantasy football team.”
Stolen comment hahahah u ppl on social media have no CREATIVITY just steal everything 😂😂😂
@@monta7854 “steal” is pretty harsh lol. Nothing wrong with recycling a comment, js🤷🏻♀️
😆😆💯💯
@@monta7854 "ah yes let me search 300+ comments to see if anyone typed what I'm about to type"
Mayra 🥰9:01
Actually whoever designed their logo is pretty good!
They 100% found some template or stock image online, I definitely don't think they even designed it
What's really sad is that this deception got this far.
What surprises me the most about this story is everyone's reaction to it....like they are so shocked and surprised someone would do this. This shit has been going on all over the country, in all sports and at every level for many years!!
@@lucasalan22 yes, you read me correctly!! May not be as common currently as it was back in the day, but it still goes on. As long as there are legal documents required to prove a minors age and where they live, there is someone out there willing to create and sell a fabricated one. And the number of those willing to purchase it doubles!! Doesn't the name Almonte or Illinois Little League District 4 ring a bell in modern history?? There have also been NUMEROUS incidents of college level athletes using false creditionals to secure another year of eligibility. One simple Google search will reveal an unlimited number of high schools across the country who have ran into ineligible player accusations and punishment!!
@@lucasalan22 there's no doubt Bishop took this to new heights...but I'll stick with my original comment. This sort of behavior has been going on for years, in all sports and at all levels. It starts out small and evolves itself into a situation like this. The only reason this situation got the headlines it did is not because of it's level of dishonesty...but rather because ESPN got dupped into marketing this game as some big huge, high school match up when it wasn't even close to that ... Hell, it wasn't even a real high school...and those 20 something year old players for Bishop were in no danger of hurting the other team. IMG beat the hell out of them. Everyone looks for a competitive edge even to the point of cheating was the point I was trying to make. It's gotten so commonplace it seems to be accepted in some areas. You may not think what that Little League team in Chicago did was "that big a deal", but when every other team IN THE WORLD that is competing in that tournament, which is televised and generates ad revenue through the roof is expected to only have players from inside a pre determined district...well, IT IS A BIG DEAL for one team to cheat, win every leg of the tourney until they reached international level, recognized by the POTUS, etc etc etc. What message are we sending our youth??
@@lucasalan22 let me attempt to clear it up by saying I am in NO WAY defending what Bishop did. I think it's wrong and measures should be taken to prevent it from happening again. The point of my comment was everyone reacting to it like it's something new, ITS NOT...that it's never been done before BECAUSE IT HAS. I agree it's never been done at this level of dishonesty...but in some form or another, corruption in sports is common, VERY COMMON!! The sooner we all realize that then maybe we can get back to something that resembles fair competition!!
Elaborate cuz I’d love to delve deeper into the rabbit hole of college football I’m already at at 5am on a Sunday 😂🎉
I too was a B.S high-school Football player.
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bull shet 😂
People rise to the level of their training. Don't blame yourself for anything you tried to do as a young person, to get ahead. You have a future as well as a past. :-)
@@escapedreams326 🤣
@@itsdeanya Great advice!
Jay stood up to espn! Leaders have to make decisions that are best for all, not what’s best for them. Jay is a good man, just what God wanted.
I was like ain't that homie from og first take
"How you get fired, on your day off?" This dude is a disgrace.
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This must be Umar Johnson school that he finally got started 👏
😂😂😂 lol
I’m hollering
😂🤣
Whoops….
Lmao
This can’t be real
Well, it's not. That's the whole point.
@@afridgetoofar1818 The school isn't but the damage done to these people's lives are
@@afridgetoofar1818 Well yeah, I know that… I’m saying in terms of how far down the rabbit hole does Roy Johnson wanna go with the delusion. Also, how could anyone find any of this legitimate from the rip…
Jay Crawford was one of the best at ESPN, the last time they were watchable
Him and Dana Jacobson on First Take was the OG, good version
The initials are *BS*
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Surviving Bishop Sycamore next on Lifetime.
Lmaooo hysterical one of the best I've ever seen....and espn looking like idiots makes it even better
@@BBBBBBBBBBBX biggest sports company in the world and that happens cumon lol that's minor league shit
@@BBBBBBBBBBBX youre the dumbazz here
@@BBBBBBBBBBBX it's the equivalent of me walking onto Alabama tomorrow morning just cuz
@@SR-hf3hx its literally not.
They were off the street....and dopey ass espn didn't bother to look into any of it...I'm just glad espn looked like morons
The coach said “uuhh tell them i was fired. Anyway practice on Monday guys!”
How about ESPN being a joke for not figuring out this team was fake?? How in the world did that happen??
I genuinely feel bad for the players who were suckered into this.
Same, they were literally tricked into a situation where they had to steal to just eat... crazy
Somebody with the financial capability needs to fill that void and not let those kids down. Can't let that happen.
They’re grown men over 18 pretending to be in high school. Research the story
@@HenryPaulThe3rd thanks Joe I did not know that. In that case shame on them 😆
@@knuckletherapyserveothersf6092 No prob 😜
@@HenryPaulThe3rd no a lot are 18 and should be high school you need to research
@@HenryPaulThe3rd its a post graduate school
I miss this guy working for ESPN. Remember when he used to be on First Take?
This is when u make a cupcake team on NCAA and sim
Holy cow this guy fell from grace. Didn't he used to be at ESPN?
Man online school with all those scandals from the team and coach. Didn't even show up for the espn production meeting lol
Send your kids to Bishop Sycamore for a high quality education and stunning athletic program.
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This whole story is the epitome of "the road to hell is paved with the best intentions". I feel bad for the young dudes and parents that got finessed by these con-men.
Same, but at some point I feel like some sort of, common sense should’ve kicked in, they’re in hotel rooms that aren’t properly paid for, waiting on dorm facilities that Theyve probably never even seen pictures of because they don’t exist, and then to top it off it’s supposed to be a school but they’re not going to any classes, no official football program anywhere in the US would not send their kids to classes 😩
@@sierradenae579 you're not wrong.
I'm looking forward for South Park to do an episode about this.
Forgot about this guy from ESPN. I didn’t know he was with NBC.
Local nbc affiliate
Where are the parents
How do you let your kid go out of state to high school and you don't visit this place
Yeah, but don't blame undereducated or hopeful people for being swindled.
This guy was in the middle of the best debate ever Jalen Rose vs Skip Bayless
How do you get fired from a job that isn't real...who fired him???
It was probably a cover up
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Wait didn’t that dude used to work for ESPN? The host
the only way it can happen again is if they are again vetted by ESPN
He was better off staying here in Cincinnati 🤦🏽♂️. This is sad man . 🤡 show and 🎪
Fun Fact. The host is Jay Crawford from ESPN "Cold Pizza" which turned into "First Take"
those tiktoks werent lying
Well if ESPN would quit running off its employees...maybe they would have people to research teams like this...but wait ESPN is too busy being woke
They have a 3rd party production partner that sets up these high school matches for national tv. ESPN is airing about 10 or 11 hours of content every hour across all their networks. Nobody at ESPN dropped the ball here, but Im sure theres already been an angry memo to their production partner for these high school games. If anything IMG Academy didnt do much due diligence for being such a big time prep academy
If anything this allowed us to see what this school was doing, should be criticising the high-schools aswell who scheduled this school whilst doing no research
@@jordan_8329 You said... "Nobody at ESPN dropped the ball here..."
Dude, that's pretty rich. If Satan ever needs an attorney, perhaps you should apply for the job.
@@dalemarkwell1171 ESPN doesnt even decide who is in those high school showcase games. Its not like its the job of any ESPN employee to verify if the teams are even legit. Their production partner for the high school games is supposed to handle that. In Bristol they have a bunch of reporters, producers, technical people, admins, h.r. and corporate people. I want to know whos job you think it is to verify if a school even exists. That job function seems in hindsight to be obvious, but in real life its probably not under the job function of any particular person at ESPN.
15 year old with a beard and tats who was talked into leaving school to pay for another highschool that had no facilities?
He’s not 15 anymore 😂😂
My cousin was 14 with a beard and tattoos
Probably has a couple kids himself too
What part of "then a fifteen year old" don't you understand?
thus was years ago
How do they keep getting these powerhouses to play them though, like why would they even want to.
publicity. Football teams are one reason people "go to" one school over another, strangely.
For the W
@@itsdeanya Remember the nfl
Fundamental problem in America today - young (mostly Black) kids only looking at sports as a way to riches with no dedication to education as a back-up. Administrators and coaches should be indicted on fraud, but kids and their parents to blame too for trying the easy way out. I love sports, but seems to be too overly emphasised for the quick buck, when free education through JC is available. Lack of education is seen throughout our streets today.
If this is in fact an online school only but is allowing someone to use their name to misrepresent who they are then if I were this kid I would get a lawyer and consider suing them. He and others got taken advantage of and by them not stopping it they allowed it to happen.
According to another former player, the school bounced checks for their hotel stays. They can sue, but they're unlikely to get much money. The "school" will file bankruptcy, and the scammers will make off with the money they've made.
So wait the fake coach got fired from the fake school?! Did I hear that right?! Hahahahhahaha
Where are the parents!
Way to look out for the kids. Great coverage.
I’ve been looking for Jay!
I went through the same thing about 2 years ago. It was fake juco college in Atlanta Georgia and we basically went through the same thing they did sad.
Thas crazy, I think we had one down in Columbia too
How long was it before folks found out?
Sure can’t wait for the HBO doc 😂
Talk about a real "Fantasy football team" 😂
"Im a BS football player" 😭😭😭
What was the coach's scam?
Why???
Good lord. Frauds and charlatans messing with kids’ futures.
This is what happens when parents don't show up, ask questions and or get desperate to get their son into the NFL. Have a backup plan. Open your books get good grades and stop being desperate. what parent has kids on a football team where he has to live in a hotel and dine and dash. Did mama ever show up and take a look around, cause I know daddy aint nowhere to be found.
If you wanna comment on bad parenting do that, But you’re blurring into the racist Lines with that last statement there about fathers, just because those are black men don’t assume they allll didn’t have a father. Pick which argument you’re trying to present and stay on topic cus you’re teeter tottering 🤨🧐
@@sierradenae579 First and foremost Sierra Fields. I am a 55 year old BLACK WOMAN. and a Dark Skinned black woman at that. Since your name is Sierra, you are either NOT a black woman or Judging by names given out across the decades Sierra is a name for someone from a younger generation. All of this being said. As a DARK SKINNED WOMAN OLDER THAN YOU. i AM WELL VERSED INTO WHAT GOES ON IN MY COMMUNITY. aNY ?'S YOUNG LADY:)
@@sierradenae579 MOREOVER THE ARGUMENT YOU ARE PRESENTING IS FALLACIOS. wHEN YOU ARE A SISTA WHO IS TEN YEARS OLD. YOU DON'T GET TO DEBATE WITH A SISTA WHO'S OLD ENOUGH TO BE YA MOMMA. i SAW THE LITTLE PICTURE OF YOUR YOUNG LITTLE FACE. ON ARGUMENTS YOU ARGUMENT IS SUCH THAT RACISM IS THE CAUSE FOR ALL YOUR PROBLEMS. YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HOW CONSTANTLY SCREAMING RACISM IS GIVING YOU AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX. you can go with the RED Herring(if you even had a philosophy class) argument all you want, it still doesn't change the ails of our community that we keep perpetuating. But if you think that they are going to hand over their institutions because our feelings are hurt then you just don't know how the world works young lady. It's about money not , Racism.
@@ifso9539 first of all, I’m 21 , second of all my name is Sierra and I am most certainly, most definitely an educated BLACK WOMAN as of yourself. Difference between you and me is I don’t judge my own, but honestly finding out your age, it all makes sense. You’re generation was notorious for talking about mine, while simultaneously being part of the problem. These men were literally raised (or not raised) but men that came straight from YOUR GENERATION, but what do I know , I’m only 21. Not old enough to see patterns I guess
@@sierradenae579 Ms. Sierra, the fact that you don't judge your own in what the real problems are in our community is the reason your generation has to run around desperate accusing everyone of racism. Figure it out, education is the key. We are the only group least likely to be a educated. My generation is not your problem, it's the fallacies they teach in the schools these day. My generation and the generation before, were far more levelheaded and self-sufficient. YOur generation has victim mentality and thinks everyone owes you something. Ya'll suffer from fragile emotions, vanity and very poor critical thinking. Sadly, you can't see that screaming in the middle of the street every time someone says something you don't like.... is literally the equivalent of a 2-year-old screaming on the playground. Secondly whatever they are teaching yall, has your generation waking up and going to sleep thinking about your skin color. But your poor critical thinking can't see that your generation is so preoccupied with the superficial, that you don't have time to develop any substance. How did you guys get so fragile and who taught Ya'll that life is supposed to go exactly the way you imagine it, with no road bumps. Honestly, I feel sorry for your generation, and sorry for you if you can't see what is wrong in our community then you are doomed to repeat it. As for basketball and football. What is the average gpa/SAT score of our people? Answer: lower than every other group that we complaign about. You know the groups with all the money and prestige. Again. open the books, not the basketball court trying to get rich quick, but when that doesn't happen because the % for making the NFL/NBA are miniscule....what is left? # judge your own ppl , be honest so that the problems can get fixed, cause BLM ran off with the money and is under financial investigation🤣
A school with a legitimate program, should offer these kids, atleast the ones of age, those who aren't need to work towards JUCO while they can. Hopefully the ones who deserve it (apparently the coach had some of his players beat up a homeless guy for trying to break into his car) get a chance somewhere.
How can you be fired from a school that doesn't exist?
that local news anchor didn't he used to be on ESPN?
I’m finna make a Bishop Sycamore school in NCAA 09💯🤣
Hell yeah build em up from a 15 over to a NCAA powerhouse
About a 150 year sim
@@kevkoning9065 lol 15 dam we gon be shitty for a long time 🤣
What high school player dreams of playing another high school team???
IMG is a dream for lots of kids because they have some of the best talent in the country every year and not just for football. If you perform well against them your career can turn around in an instant
I played ohio high school football and i cant understand how this could ever happen.
Who 15 bruh ???
I'm 3 then....
3 months ?!!
🤣🤣🤣 on god
Why did jay crawford get the boot from espn
Financial struggles. They laid of many well known anchors and hosts over the years because nobody watches espn anymore.
Why aren’t the other teams doing their research in Ohio?
So this is where Jay Crawford has been hiding out....huh...
Stop calling them kids they're 19-21 .
Is that fucking Jay Crawford?! He was my favorite on ESPN First Take.
I live in Columbus all my life and I’ve never heard of bishop sycamore HS lol
The slippery slope of charter schools. This is where it leads. Public education needs to be protected!
Lots of Americans don't care because they don't have children in school, they're okay with their child's public school, they can afford private education and they want it to be be subsidized, they don't see the value in having decent public education, etc.
Nah this is not a charter school, this a fake school. I went to public school is was garbage from my experience. I definetly want my kids to get a better education than me.
@@aroncampos5720 I went to a public school in kindergarten for 2 weeks, was removed by my parents and went to a private catholic school until i graduated. they tested us in the 7th and 8th grade and we were all on a sophmore college education level. Not even kidding....
@@aroncampos5720 well public school was good
@@will4673 all of the kids in my high school that went to this private middle school that my city offered were literally all smart AF, not even joking it was a thing in my school where you knew if they went to that school they were just gonna be smart and pass everything😅😂 I’m talking about freshman high schoolers already in junior Spanish classes, when I was a sophomore a freshman girl in my pre ap English class passed all the final exams with perfect scores, she was her class years valedictorian too 😩 yeaa they were basically in competition with each other !!!
This so messed up .we went through this.lucky I went with my mom instinct and took my child home .mind you they never returned my call for my money.and till this day this happens I wish I could of took all this boys from there.. as he said no dorms we where told the same thing but I said nah this ain't rite and took my boys home...
ESPN is still a thing?
Ok wait! If it’s not a real school & all this was made up. How tf did they afford to stay in a hotel all this time??
This is crazy
I thought Julian Newman and Prodigy Prep was bad, but this is a new level.
Isn’t the newscaster use to be on espn?
I realize this is mostly unrelated, but isn't that first reporter from Columbus? I'm from central Ohio, but can't place him although I've definitely seen him before......
What were they thinking??
Somebody used they PPP loan and tried to double up😂🤦🏾♂️
There's already former players lol
I sure hope someone helps these kids sue, especially if they were recruited from existing programs that would give them futures. These kids should not blame themselves for taking advantage of a low-work, high-promises situation. They are buying into the "you should have known better" blaming themselves, but honestly, student-athletes get used enough at the big-name schools; this situation WAS and IS illegal. PLEASE sue the organization, the coaches that recruited you, anyone who ever misrepresented the school to you, AND ESPN. If people are every day arrested for aiding and abetting, and we all know that televised non-professional sports games are pimping in the first place, we should hold the televising networks accountable for whom they take advantage of for profit.
This is worse than the time that the Christian university I taught at recruited a 18-year-old Muslim non-English-speaking football player and required that he go to prayer meetings at 730am every morning. LOCK THEM UP.
The parents have to do a better job of knowing whats going on with their kids at the school....this is for HS and college athletes.
I thought this was DDG 🤣🤣
Didn't the male host work for ESPN?
Sad for the Lies to the Players!
How the hell you gonna get fired, when you never even worked here?!?
Soooo a fake head coach gets fired from a fake school--welcome to the real life sims game
We need minor league football. Or even just like county wide or state wide football but for adults. That way we can refound the Bishop Sycamore Centurions! But you know, legally this time.
Why do ppl care about this so much?
Oh but lets not blame espn?????? R U KIDDING, R U KIDDING Who do you think started this super stack. Hell even bama has become a joke. Starters and back ups the first 44 players taken in the NFL draft? WHO STARTED THIS CRAP?
IS THAT YRG????
Maybe it’s just me …. But he called these kids criminals for trying to survive ….(The TV anchor)… smh
For anyone who has brain, he’s definitely not 15 lol
Lol I think he was 15 at the time. But they did say some of the players were over 18
Didn’t this happen earlier this year? So he’s supposedly like 16 now?
Wow Jay Crawford is doing local news in Ohio now?
It's like Trump University on the high school level!
See how they focused on the kids "stealing" food man get tf out of here
Literally said criminal right after it too 🤦🏽♂️
He was clearly referencing the school not the kids it just came out weird.
He’s 15.
Why did someone think this would end good