Fake HS? Former Bishop Sycamore Player Exposes the Dark Secrets of the Program

[DGUtley]

A Former Bishop Sycamore Football Player Exposes the Dark Secrets of the Program


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The story of Bishop Sycamore might be the craziest sports anecdote of 2021. An alleged “fake” high school from Columbus, Ohio set the Internet ablaze after the school fooled ESPN into airing one of its games against powerhouse IMG academy by telling them they had several Division I athletes on their roster. ESPN announcers admitted on the broadcast that they couldn’t confirm that information and seemed to be the first of many alleged lies told by Bishop Sycamore. Several issues like age concerns, playing two games in a span of three days, and even their coach allegedly having an arrest rose to the surface.
Not to mention, the school was previously known as COF Academy before getting shut down in 2018. Aaron Boyd, who claims to be the first ever player recruited by Bishop Sycamore, has been exposing the dark secrets of Bishop Sycamore ever since he left.


“Everybody that knows me already knows this,” Boyd told Complex. “It’s just the fact now it’s on a greater scale, I have to say something.” Indeed, Boyd had plenty to say. From the recruiting lies to the lack of education to the inhumane living conditions, he is exposing it all. We talked to the former Bishop Sycamore player about the dark secrets behind the program.


But here's an extremely brief rundown of some of the craziest parts:

• 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.

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This is the listed address of Bishop Sycamore, the school Duncanville is playing on 9/10.
It appears to be a duplex. The other address listed on their MaxPreps accounts lists the Franklin University library building as an address.

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This is the "roster" we were given when they played Archbishop Hoban last week..

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"Reading so many stories on Bishop Sycamore today, so let me share this one – They played a defender on Sunday that’s originally a 2020 from Florida. Kid has reported over two dozen fake offers. Showed up once to a 7v7 tryout and used a fake ID. His HUDL is also fake. Amazing." https://twitter.com/Andrew_Ivins/sta...ke-family-feud

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https://www.complex.com/sports/bisho..._medium=social

[hanger4]

What was the point, it's not like ESPN pays beaucoup bucks to HS football ??

[ripmeister]

I was wondering. I live in Columbus and have never heard of this school. LOL.

[Tahuyaman]

There are high schools in the Seattle area which recruit players and even arrange to relocate the player’s family to get the kid living in the district.

There’s a school here which teams on their schedule forfeit because they usually win by scores of 75-7 or something.