Fact-Finder Engaged in Roosevelt Recruiting Investigation

Spate of new allegations brought forward by current and former staff join initial complaints of improper recruiting

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Breaking: Roosevelt Football Under Investigation for Alleged Recruiting Violations

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Exclusive: A state-appointed fact-finder is now actively engaged in investigating allegations of improper recruiting at the Roosevelt football program, setting up interviews with witnesses and involved parties in support of the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association-mandated inquiry.

At issue are allegations of recruiting violations initially brought forward by a fellow Metro league school. 

Today, J425 can exclusively report that the initial allegations are now joined by multiple serious claims of wrongdoing brought forward by whistleblowers including current and former Roosevelt High School staff, who uniformly describe a football culture run amok inside Roosevelt.

One of many examples obtained by J425 of an FSP-linked recruit detailing efforts aimed at enticing the player to leave his current high school and transfer to Roosevelt.

Major concerns voiced by verified current and former staff include the following:

• Current and former RHS staff described an administrative onboarding enrollment process purpose-built to falsely enroll transfer athletes as homeless students in order to circumvent transfer and eligibility rules.  

• Sources say that as a result, football transfers also weren’t subject to typical athletic eligibility standards, including attendance and minimum GPA checks. J425 spoke with multiple current and former staff who said they’d brought their concerns about the alleged abuse of federal homeless student designations up with building administration including the principal, to no avail. ¹

• Multiple staff sources described a poisonous internal culture surrounding the football program, describing an on-campus environment where transfer athletes spend the day hiding away in the booster-funded “Kennel Club”, a spot that staff members describe as a private club where football transfers can privately retreat en masse for periods at a time, while regular students go about their days. 

• Multiple sources say the amount of out-of-district transfer players far exceeded the 13