What Really Happened to "Fake School" Bishop Sycamore? (A Look Beyond The Memes)
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The Bishop Sycamore story is a twisted and tangled mess.
0:00 Intro
5:07 Before Bishop Sycamore (Rise of COF Academy)
11:34 Fall of COF Academy
13:48 The Richard Allen Group
16:36 Time For A Rebrand (Fall of COF Academy Pt 2)
20:33 Birth Of Bishop Sycamore
24:14 It All Falls Apart
25:48 Bishop Sycamore Horror Stories
29:31 Conclusion (Final Thoughts)
31:21 Outro (Potential For Good)
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How u not on a high profile channel u should have your show 4 the world can see. I know u good money just saying.
Tell the fans to get you to a Milly!!! You deserve it bro!
Thank you for being patient,and doing your research before doing a video on the Bishop Sycamore situation.
Fun fact the coach lives in my neighborhood😂. Side note they should look into “schools” like IMG too
Reminds me almost of Plainfield Teachers College which was a hoax school, which fooled even the New York Times. They had a Quarterback named Johnny Chung who was fueled by eating Wild rice at halftime, they had the W Formation and we're supposed to get a bid to the Blackboard Bowl in Atlantic City? Someone found out they don't exist and all the players funked their midterm and the season was forfeited
The fact the schools initials are BS just adds to this roller coaster of a story
I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed that
The irony.
Lmaoo
God Bless everybody reading this God Loves y’all🙌🏽✝️❤️🙏🏽 God Bless you and your Family and make sure to give Glory to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and put your Trust, Faith, and Love into him and believe Jesus Christ is Lord and is the Son of Our Most High God🙌🏽❤️✝️
Lol
I still can't believe that ESPN got finessed into showing them on TV.
They passed that buck to Paragon who was hired to do all the foot work in finding high schools to play on ESPN. Kevin Hart and Michael Strahan are already in the works of a docuseries on bishop sycamore
Espn clowns
I mean if ESPN hadn't broadcasted the game, then we wouldn't know about this as much as we do
espn been a joke for awhile
I respect that man’s hustle.
I love that Bishop Sycamore is called the Centurions (Roman) but their logo is a Spartan helmet (Greek)
Lol good eye I am roman they should have called themselves the mythologicals 🤣
@@MatteocciThaDon LOL 🤣🤣
Ok, without saying too much, I've actually been a victim of one of these types of "shady postgraduate programs", my story is very similar to the Bishop Sycamore one, and we actually had not just Americans but International players too, I thought my situation was just a rare scam I fell for, but this Bishop Sycamore thing has really got me wondering how much more shady postgraduate programs are out there doing things like these.
Same bro Virginia prep
Damn I didn't know that there were so many shady programs like this, more people should know about this and be more cautious with the undergraduate programs that are gonna "get them d1 offers"
@@danielleon1781 Hopefully this raised some awareness
Well I hope you didn't get totally fucked over and forced to pay thousands for hotel rooms and gear by yourself
Hate it for you.
Man I admire this type of content. I've watched you improve camera quality, writing, storytelling NOW the editing and video structure is elevated. This is what I aspire to do. Great job bro
Real talk, this man out here with perfect audio and multiple camera angles just flexing on the youtube game. Love to see it, thats what happens when your content is rooted in pure passion ;)
facts!!!
yea its pretty cool literally 2 minutes before i read this comment i was thinking next im gonna go back and watch one of the first videos i can remember watching of his and its been awhile but i was just thinking of how the videos use to be and needed to check one out lol.....idk for sure but it seems to me its an obvious example of a person discovering a career path that he had some talent for and something he could actually be passionate about, the youtube side, and figuring out how to combine it with a love, the football side. and then because of the nature of youtube hes not held back whomever employed him we just got to witness him blossom into something great. fleml could que the wayne and tell the story of himself and it would probably fit right in here lol
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Agree I’ve been subscribed since he started. Love his content.
My thing is you got former Juco guys out there and adults and still get blown out 💀
😂😂😂
🤣that's what I been tripping about
They got drug by a bunch of kids!!!! 😂
I mean the age difference only like 2 years for the most part. People acting like they 30 year olds playing against 12-13 year old kids. It’s basically 17 year olds vs 19-20 year olds. And those 17 year olds are gonna be playing at top national college programs in a few years, and possibly playing in the NFL.
@@CommanderTK9091 Thank you! I've been saying that as well. Just about everyone from IMG is going to be playing Division 1 football somewhere and Bishop Sycamore is fielding JUCO dropouts.
Thank you for pointing out the fact that so many schools still played this "team" despite all of the red flags that were flying around. As you said, the players and parents are the real victims in this whole fiasco and I really hope they find success in life.
Shit IMG and schools like them probably help BS and schools like it. Think about it, it's a guaranteed win and adds hundreds of yards and tds to the players stats that help them get big time D1 offers. All seems like a scam involving both teams.
it’s so crazy to see how far these videos have come for flemlo. it went from watching a normal youtube video now it’s like a whole netflix episode. keep up the work flemlo !!
You know, as much I have used the phrase "All's well that ends well" in my life, and as much as I enjoy Shakespeare, I never actually knew he was the one who coined that phrase. You never know what Flemlo is going to teach you.
It was used hundreds of years before in Latin and even used almost 50 years before Shakespeare's play in John Heywood Proverbs
Alls well that ends okay....
Which Shakespeare story is that anyway? All the Shakespeare stories I know are tragedies, the main characters always die lol.
@@DaDualityofMan the play’s title is literally “All’s Well That Ends Well “ :)
yoooo shakespeare is lit! all my fam be eating at shakespeares house of pizza! Bon Appetite!
Time to clear my schedule for the next 33 minutes 🔥🔥
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1000 percent agree did the same thing
Speaking as an AME, it doesn’t even make sense for us to fund a local high school’s construction when we have trouble with the Colleges that we fund already.
Good intentions?
"The roads to hell are paved with the best intentions."
It always starts off well. Like startup companies that end up committing massive fraud (WeWork, Theranos, etc.) The thing is that they become so obsessed with their idea and success they end up resorting to corruption because in their minds, what they're doing is the right thing. That their primary objective and goal is a noble one
It’s almost like the company who sponsored this video.
@@luisbolanos8393 exactly
@@luisbolanos8393 I know I'm late but what did current do
Like smollet. He thought his mission was a noble one, against a legitimate target.
I BEEN WAITING ON THIS SINCE THIS STORY BROKE
I HAVE NOT WATCHED ANYONE ELSE’S VIDEO ON THIS BECAUSE I BEEN WAITING ON YOURS!! Let’s gooo
Flemlo was the first thing I thought of when the story dropped 🤣
@Kia El ?
@Kia El the fuck?
ALL CAPS
Me too bro lol
Why aren't you making 30 for 30s for ESPN? You're THAT good. Keep it up.
Cause they would stifle him
Why would he work for someone else when he’s successful working for himself and getting all the credit instead of being some unlisted writer. This comment makes no sense
@@creatinemonohydrate3780 It makes sense in the context of a compliment on the quality of his work, not as a career path suggestion.
@@creatinemonohydrate3780 I can see why FlemLo wouldn't want to work for ESPN, but I want to push back, in the spirit of good natured info sharing, on part of your statement. I personally know and have worked w/ an ESPN writer-- Ravi Howard-- who isn't exactly an "unlisted writer." Howard won an Emmy for his work w/ ESPN; he is also a notable novelist (Driving the King).
Yeah because working for ESPN is a great environment to work at....
Not
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Phillips Andover and Phillips Exeter are two of the most respected prep schools in the world, and they run "post-grad" football academies. Phillips Andover, where Bill Belichick went, and Phillips Exeter have tons and tons of "post-graduates" playing on their football teams. Bishop Sycamore was basically a startup version of Andover and Exeter without the academics.
You're killing it with these past inspirational and interesting stories. More power to you and good luck to your Cincy Bengals and pray to QB to have a healthy season.
@Nasty Mango Again.
@@ForelliBoy wow haha really funny get it bengals are shit Bengals have no o line wow original joke xd lol
hes killed it since he started lol
Came here to say the Bengals are somehow the 1 seed 😅😅 and I'm shook lol
Being an athlete myself, I am utterly disguisted on how the coaching staff put these young boys lives at risk & second of all, why would you lie to them like that KNOWING you had no foundation ? Great video! Football/ Track star myself-KCamp
I’m hearing about this for the first time, and I’m just like 😳😳😳. Had this guy put in half the effort to legitimize his vision as he did in deceiving the kids, parents, and the public it probably would have worked. Great video Bro!!
I did a PG year at a school up in Maine called Bridgton Academy. Their specialty wasn’t football but most of us who went there to get more looks from colleges got what we were looking for.
It pisses me off too. The kids or parents are def not to blame for anything. My heart breaks for these boys. And Roy Johnson is a straight up crook.
That clip at 11:30 has a very different meaning now after that Michigan-Appalachian State game.
Just checked and The Longest Yard (which that clip is from) came out 2 years prior to that legendary game. Of the hundreds of D2 teams in America to use to make a joke about tune up games, they pick the team that would go on to have the greatest tune up game upset in college football
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn now app state is a good program in a decent D1 conference
Well thanks for bringing that back up lol. Almost got over it
Armanti edwards 💪
That’s cause Michigan Harbaugh-era is a joke
I've seen a few videos on this topic. Flemlo clearly did research. I don't mean like a basic Google search. He actually dug deeper and found more information about this "school" and presented it in a way that shows he has integrity for the truth. Props man. This is journalism.
Bro my wife don't even like football but we both were CRYING laughing about this shit. 😂 good quality once again Flemlo. This was amazing
Lemme tell you bro, I'm from London and I've been watching ur channel since day1. To say u provide context, detail and emotion that many MANY media outlets miss in regards to sports. Thanks mate.
COYB
We need to see Bishop Sycamore in a Madden game
Madden doesn't have a create-a-team anymore, right? I probably would have made them as a kid lol.
@@DaDualityofMan Nah not anymore😭
I made them on retro bowl
Man, there are a lot of sports channels on this website and there's no doubt Flem is right at the top with like Jon Bois and Foolish Baseball. The depth, production value, presentation, it's all perfect.
Would have been easy to jump on the bandwagon and dunk on these kids and the "school" but you took your time to make something good
Man Flemlo, on 1 hand i would love to turn on the TV one day and see a sports network picked you up but on the other hand, i feel like there's not a media outlet that would give you the freedom that TH-cam gives you. You just obviously put in the work. You have do many things i could highlight that you do shockingly well, but the 1 thing you do that people don't realize fully or appreciate, is you don't have bias or I've never seen a video you've done that you had a some bias. It's something a lot of people don't realize but it's hard to find. I really appreciate all the time and effort( which you obviously do a lot of) that goes into every single video you make. Really appreciate you man. You're legit top 5 all time investigated sports journalists in my book. You're a machine bro keep it up
I’m from Ohio saw BS vs. Massillon Washington last year BS lost 35-0, that was the first time I heard of them then I heard they were playing IMG I went to the game out of sheer morbid curiosity I knew this was going to be bad, but I had no idea how bad the fall out was going to be.
its like that meme lol like the dude holding up the posters saying "I did not expect much but HOLY FUCK"
I forgot Massillon played em last year until a friend ot mine, who starts on the oline of Massillon mentioned that they played on ESPN. Hard to believe, nobody in town has mentioned them at all. You might also know this, but wasn't Massillon to supposed to play on ESPN last year?
I just left Columbus had been there for seven plus years and never heard of them
Are you surprised that BS went to Massillon to play? That stadium is always full and holds 18,500. It seems like BS just went to play all of these schools with big stadiums so they could cash in on revenue.
@@sirmang9032 not really. Stadium was not sold out though due to the pandemic. I think it held 10k or less last year.
I’ve been waiting on you to drop this one since it happened. But I was like “naw, let big homie take his time and get the facts straight.” You did not disappoint. Thank you.
Go browns
You’re the goat
Bruh, this is free content. Never even thought about how bad this was for the actual students. We’ll spoken and great story telling. Great video! 👍
Not even a sports fan, but can we PLEASE get this man to 1 million subscribers yet?!?
Literally can't think of anyone more deserving.
Been waiting for your break down on this! Your short documentary’s are next level! So thorough and entertaining! I appreciate you! 🙏
It's great having UrinatingTree's hilarious quick take followed up by a FlemLo more in depth take.
Yeah, this came up as a more in depth video. I swear I saw a video a year or two ago which was incredibly similar, some kind of group to help kids with getting into College, but no one was actually taught anything.
Bruh you do all your writing, editing and research and you still spit this out within a week or 2? Mad props, love all your vids.
Brother keep pushing. You are growing leaps and bounds and continue to encourage me and many others to share our voices. Blessings ahead bro. Continue to put out great, heartfelt content.
Been a fan of yours since your Last Chance U season 1 review. I've always loved your in-depth analysis, and your dedication for uncovering as much of a story as you can; to not be biased and be completely open to both sides of a story (even if one side is clearly more so in the wrong).
FlemLo, you're a well-spoken and super talented cat with AMAZING charisma. I'll always make time to check out and support your content because you've clearly shown you care for the type of news or stories you share with your audience, and thats such a blessing to have a content creator show that in literally every single video they put out. Keep up the grind man, it's always humbling to hear you talk and go into both sides of a story.
I agree with you 100%; the biggest point in this entire story are the players that put their blood, sweat, and tears onto that field and this so called 'program' that knew something was up, but just couldn't change the circumstances they fell into. These young men just wanted to continue their pursuit for the sport they love. However, the lasting impact this will probably have on a lot of them is truly heartbreaking in my eyes. Hope all these men have gone on to much bigger and better things!
Shame on this 'program' (cause I ain't calling it a school) for exploiting players and their love of the game...
About time!!!
I remember randomly seeing that IMG game on in the background at a restaurant and thinking ‘damn, who is Bishop Sycamore? IMG is waxing these dudes, why are they on TV?’
Just a random TH-cam viewer. You created THE definitive documentary on this bizarre scandal. Now I don't have to point friends to disparate news clippings and articles about this incident. You gave the perfect full story from the beginning to end. Well paced excellent commentary and a fair overview of this.
Well done.
I was looking forward to your breakdown on this situation. I love how you put so much effort into researching the topic. God bless ya 🙂
This story was so much deeper than the memes. This is REAL reporting.
FlemLo dropping gems. This story needed to be put out there. Glad you did it!
It’s like a football version of the movie “Accepted”
Man your videos have come such a long way I just stumbled on an older one then watched this. Amazing Flem! Keep it up, loving the content as always!
yessir i’ve been patiently waiting, do ya thing flem
Finally i was waiting for Flemlo to get his hands and mind on this story. This is a rabbit hole I know he gone help me navigate through
This was a very well put together video. Thank you for making it. This story is waaaaaay deeper than I ever thought
You have the best videos on TH-cam. Everyone of them is produced excellently and your storytelling is immaculate.
Finally!!! I’ve been avoiding this story till you dropped it
Just watching the production quality on your videos get better and better all the time, love to see it. Keep at it brother
Man, I didn’t think it was possible, but your videos are even better than they used to be. Great job!
Love the new intro bro. Been rocking with you for a couple of years new and you still continue to get better!! Much love and keep doing ya thing. 💪🏾
yo my guy flemlo with certified banger all the time
Hey yo,
How come i've never heard of this channel until 4 days ago when i saw a random video suggested and now i "can't" stop watching?
Your doing a great job with all these stories \ bios in terms of presenting things in an unbiased light letting others consume the information and make a possibly more educated decision on how to feel about some of these athletes.😄👍
Thank you for covering this. Also, I'm really digging the new backing track. Thanks for the change-up.
Camera quality ✅
Editing ✅
Research/details ✅
Story telling ✅
Love the videos. Always love that you take a deep dive and look at the bigger picture of what’s actually happening. 👍🏾💯
Love you Flemlo! Keep killin brother!
I begged for this video couple weeks ago on some of your posts and although I'm sure you already were working on something it feels special to see this video come up and it be 30 min +!!!! I'm about to hop on a plane and this is 30 minutes well spent. Thank you
I love these vids, cuz unlike most youtubers, as you’ve gotten bigger you’ve kept the videos and content fresh and not gotten lazy with it. Keep going man.
Damn, ive been a fan for a while and its crazy to see how amazing your production has got. Keep doing what youre doing, you killin it
As always Flemlo another banger video, and I appreciate how you always bring so much insite to your videos.
Im a really big fan of your new formatting and style in your videos. Keep up the good work.
Also, great story as always. This is a different angle than what I've seen, so I appreciate you showing this perspective.
you do such a great job with these stories. I was waiting for you to break it down. Awesome job.
I've been following you for a long time Flem, you've come a long way! Your content is amazing and you keep getting better at it, respect! Keep it up fam, you are easily one of the best out there! Props from Quebec!
Salut from Montreal.
Brilliant reporting. My faith tradition is rooted in the AME Church, and I'm a football lifer. This entire story hits me in the heart.
We’ve been waiting for this one!!!! You the real MVP 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I don’t know how you don’t have 1M subs yet bro. Your videos are always on point. Been rockin with you for 3 years now!
Haven't watched flemlo in a min so coming back to this video with its great production and quality feels good. Keep up the great content man 👏 👏
Same here bro. Been subscribed for a minute but haven't watched anything till he dropped this. His quality of video is definitely getting better. My guys gonna be big one day.
You hit the nail right on the head - good intentions, an actually really good and noble idea. But it was executed with astonishing shortsightedness and spiraled WAY out of control.
I went to a high school with a post graduate program and we played other high schools with post graduate programs. Playing against guys who are over 18 isn’t anything new, but BS…man…they took it to a whole new level.
I feel for those kids. They got sold a bill of goods and were taken on a seriously shitty ride, and no one will ever do right by them.
Great job on this, as always. I love your videos and your takes on all of the stories you tell.
Jn
You took your Time with this! And it shows ‼️🔥
💪🏾Another Gold for Flemlo, Im always looking for these new stories like Thanksgiving dinner
If I had this man's networking skills, I would have 10 millionaires backing me. The fraud part is the only part that seems like trash. The rest feels like it would be great
I waited about a month for this video. Not gonna lie, it was worth every bit of it. Thanks for the education my guy
Your videos are always on point, bro! Keep doing your thing. Very awesome stuff!
I love watching your videos. And you have just gotten better and better through out the few months I have been watching your content. Keep it up Flemlo.
The vid quality gettin next level bro! Amazing production
That half baked cake analogy is the best why to describe how this predicament started
This was a well put together video, great work as always!
Bro you are in my top 3 favorite you tubers. Keep up this hard work bro!! We all love your content and it just keeps getting better and better!!
Yes yes yes click!!! Thank you Flemlo we’ve been waiting on this one 👍🏼💯💰
I have been waiting for your take on this and as always I appreciate the factual and non bias way of telling the story! Also are KTO and yourself able to do Sports Therapy this NFL season?
Dawg, I fell off watching youre videos but now watching you a few months back to now. You’ve got swollen bro! Keep the gains up man!
The second I saw this play out on ESPN, I knew you would be covering it- excited to watch!
This man's editing game is on another level now. Good stuff.
Love you flemlo, your killin the game rn keep going
What game?
@@marcusaurelius652 the TH-cam game
Ayyy!! Flemo, been waiting for this LOL
You always put together great and informative videos.
Loved this episode! Wouldn’t mind seeing more content that is this long but I understand the time it takes to put this together. That being said; as bad as I feel for the kids, these parents CANNOT be upset for neglecting to do their due diligence on this program. It’s a shame that these kids/parents feel that their only option to the next level is through this path. Great concept (in theory) but it is disappointing to see that these families feel that their only way out is through sports and trusting a program to take them to that “next level.” Extremely disheartening to also see the lack of education focus from the school. I hope that future programs can see from the mistakes
Ay yo Flemlo, I was never really into football history or the "what happened to so and so" type videos but your shit is so well done and interesting that I had to subscribe.
Salute...Been waiting for you to get this out!!!
FLEMGOAT 🔥🔥🔥 I been waiting for this one
Young man, more content like yours is needed in many other areas of sports so the average person soak in the people, situations & for better or worse the business of sports as well.
Continue your movement.
Stay Up
I love your thoroughness in your videos and how each one seems like its personal. Hoping you can do a video with Brandon Perna or Tom Grossi. You should do a video about Brett Favre and all the insane things he did and what teams did for him. All the best to you and your family Flem.
Soon as I heard about this I was waiting for you to break this thing down. Great work man as always.
Bro this video was legendary. I been waiting for something to do this. Keep up the work my G!! I been binging your videos recently. Good stuff 💯
I literally haven’t read much of this story bc I knew you would come through! Love. 👏🏾
Johnson sounds like a grifter, pure and simple. I feel bad for under 18 students and their families.
That’s about It
I had no idea you were going to post this video, but you were the only TH-camr I wanted to hear this story from.