The WIAA report faults Roosevelt school officials for illegal recruiting in football player transfers and failing to investigate.
SEATTLE — Several football players who transferred to Roosevelt High School in the 2024-25 school year falsified claims they were homeless, used fake addresses and were “pawns” in illegal recruiting efforts, according to a new fact-finding report by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA).
However, it’s not the athletes at fault, the WIAA states, but the school officials who failed to investigate the players’ documents in an attempt to “achieve a superior football team.”
“Student football players are not to blame. Students were pawns and victims,
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