It’s crazy how Bishop Montgomery HS just blew up thier whole dang season and screwed over all those athletes. But not to mention, the goofies pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Another examples of grown a** adults setting children up for failure and really not having to pay the price for thier stupidity.
You know what fam, sit down, pour yourself drink and let me walk you through this nonsense. The Bishop Montgomery story just exploded, and trust me — I’ve seen the backstage chaos plenty of times as a former professional athlete and head coach myself, but on the HS stage, this is beyond stupid.
The Fallout Nobody Saw Coming
Earlier this season, Bishop Montgomery hit the eject button on themselves and forfeited the entire season. Yep. They self-reported after an internal investigation tied to illegal player transfers. The Sun
See, every season there’s a team somewhere across the country that has to forfeit a game or maybe suspend a player due to some ineligibility issue but this one was wield.
We’re talking 20+ transfers fam, during the offseason. Five of those got flagged ineligible by CIF’s Southern Section out the gate. The Sun
But here’s the kicker, the name that keeps bouncing around for controlling the whole thing is some money dude name Brett Steigh — booster. Controller. Some say kingmaker. He admitted paying parents to get kids over the line. The Sun
Crazy right? Literally, front-page scandal.
Why This Matters: It’s Not Just One Team
Look: this isn’t about hate on Bishop Mont. It’s about the system. You throw enough money, influence, favor — you start gaming the rules. In LA, with all its glitz and shadows, high school football is fertile ground for this stuff.
- Other schools with similar scandals? Narbonne got hit before. St. Bernard had to shutter its program one year. Now Bishop Mont. enters the mix. The Sun
- When boosters control transfers, talent pipelines get skewed. Equity? Fairness? Go ask the kids left behind.
As someone who’s been in locker rooms, I smell the stench: power, money, shortcuts. Coaches get squeezed. Players become pawns.
From a coach’s wisdom box:
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Protect your roster from outside influence
You gotta build from within. If outsiders (boosters, “recruiters”) start dictating who comes in, your core weakens. (bad diet always kills gains) -
Know the rules. Enforce the rules.
CIF, sectional bylaws — read ’em. This goes for all states sectional bylaws. Don’t hope you won’t get caught. I’ve seen programs crumble because they gambled on silence. -
Stand for integrity — even if it costs you
Maybe Bishop Mont surrendered its season. But their leadership at least said, “We messed up.” That’s rare. Better than sweeping it under the rug.
Bottom Line: In the US, you see the flashy fields, big rings, highlight tapes. But behind that — there’s turf wars. Booster wars, money wars, identity wars. If you ain’t ready for that mess, you’ll get swallowed up.
Bishop Montgomery’s collapse is a cautionary tale. Every coach, AD, kid in LA and around the country needs to look in the mirror: Are you part of the solution — or part of the problem?
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