So, if what I'm reading is accurate, the plans were made for IMG to play a game at the NFL Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, OH. the 3rd-party group, Paragon was supposed to come up with an opponent but apparently they could not find a legitimate Ohio-based team that was willing to play IMG or had an open date in their schedule.
I know there are 'national' HS teams that play these big inter-state games, but most HS teams are part of a conference and their games are set well in advance. so there has to be a fairly limited number of teams that are available and willing to play a game like that.
my question would be - how long in advance was this set up? I can't imagine that IMG just makes up its schedule as it goes.