He lied about his age?
Think of all the good will they could get out of this by doing something like “this sets no precedent in the future and in all likely hood we will not allow underage winners in the future, however we have decided to place 20k into a college savings account that will be accessible when he turns 18.”
He should have just lied about his name, his parentage, his country of birth and his citizenship and he would have been okay.
I have a feeling that th kid will get his award. By ESPN’s competition, or the judge mental public.
One way or the other.
ESPN’s response is nothing short of bush league.