"They're not a high school." What is Bishop Sycamore? "(Playing two games in three days) is against any high school rule, but they don't have to abide by those rules not being a high school," Akron Archbishop Hoban athletic director and football coach Tim Tyrell said. Game footage from both matchups reviewed by Awful Announcing shows that players who appeared in both games played more than Johnson indicated. The company only became aware of the transgression Sunday evening once they began receiving questions, according to a Paragon spokesperson. The Friday night game was never disclosed to Paragon and wasn’t on the schedule the company had for Bishop Sycamore. Bishop Sycamore played Friday and Sundayīishop Sycamore lost 19-7 to Sto-Rox on Friday night before facing IMG on Sunday. Speaking on Twitter Spaces on Monday, Bishop Sycamore coach Roy Johnson said about 15 players played in both games, though he said most of them played only small portions. Edward (Ohio) and DeMatha Catholic (Maryland). The roster they were presented with a month ago was drastically different than the one for the game against IMG Academy, the spokesman said, adding that a more scrutinized look within 10 days was likely necessary.Ī normal vetting process, said the spokesman, includes research into the coaching staff, a cross-check of the roster with recruiting rankings, the previous years’ schedules and the upcoming season’s strength of schedule.īishop Sycamore has multiple matchups against powerhouses remaining in 2021, with opponents including Duncanville (Texas), St. “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," ESPN said in a statement. "They have ensured us that they will take steps to prevent this kind of situation from happening moving forward.”Ī spokesman for Paragon told USA TODAY Sports that transfers at the prep level, especially for an online school, can make confirming rosters difficult.
Paragon Marketing Group took care of finding matchups and providing them to ESPN, as the companies' relationship spans nearly 20 years. It was uncomfortable for anyone who watched." Marketing group scheduled the game, not ESPNĮSPN itself didn't schedule the game, which was part of the GEICO ESPN High School Football Kickoff. Player health and safety was at risk today. "Sorry," Shroff wrote. "They had no business being in that game today. From what we’ve seen so far, this is not a fair fight, and there’s got to be a point where you’re worried about health and safety."Īfter the game, which IMG won 58-0, Shroff responded to comments on Twitter that Bishop Sycamore was the only school in Ohio willing to play IMG. "Bishop Sycamore told us they had a number of Division I prospects on their roster, and to be frank, a lot of that, we could not verify," Shroff said. "They did not show up in our database, they did not show up in the databases of other recruiting services. So, OK, that’s what you’re telling us, fine, that’s how we take it in. Midway through the second quarter, as Bishop Sycamore trailed 30-0, commentator Anish Shroff acknowledged that ESPN hadn't been able to find evidence to support Bishop Sycamore's claims that it brought a roster laden with Division I talent.
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