Roosevelt Recruiting Investigation
Breaking: Roosevelt Football Under Investigation for Alleged Recruiting Violations
RENTON, WA – The Roosevelt football program is under investigation at the state, district and league level for possible recruiting violations after at least 12 highly-recruited student athletes transferred into the football program since the end of last season.
What's Next for Roosevelt: In 2015, Appointing a "Fact Finder" Meant Retaining a Team of Federal Prosecutors
“N—, I found you. I personally hand-picked you guys and sold you to the agent. And the agent paid me for you guys. This is modern-day slavery, man. This is a (expletive) business. I sold you like a slave owner. Like a slave owner.”
Roosevelt Football: Scandal Substantiated by Fact-finder Report
SEATTLE — Roosevelt’s football coach and principal are out… and both the Roosevelt athletic director AND the district athletic director for Seattle Public Schools are facing multi-year probations after an investigation into improper football recruiting – launched in part after J425 was
Roosevelt Football Scandal: Coaches Falsely Labeled Athletes as Homeless to Get Around Transfer Rules
“What sickens me is the adults playing victim, saying they just did it to give these kids an opportunity. No, they gave themselves an opportunity.”
Plan to “Kennel” Football Recruits During Academic Day Earned One Roosevelt Football Coach $160k in Direct Sole Source Payments
SEATTLE – At Roosevelt High School, an academic intervention program known as "The Kennel" has emerged as a central point of contention in a sprawling football scandal, raising serious questions about its exclusivity, the financial arrangements that surround it, and its actual impact on student-athletes.
J425 Podcast Deep Dive: The Roosevelt Recruiting Scandal
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