300 pound 12yr old told he can't play pee wee football

[Cory]

Because he is too big. Gee ya think?

I think the parents of this 12 year old should be more concerned that he 300 pounds at 12 years old rather than him not being allowed to play pee wee football.

12 years old......THREE HUNDRED POUNDS!????

300-pound Texas 12-year-old told he's too big to play Pee Wee football | Fox News

[Steven K]

The league is in a tough spot. They don't let him play and they get sued for discrimination. They do let him play and he crushes a kid and they get sued for allowing him to play. The parents should realize the situation and back away from the whole thing.

[David Hodgkins]

I played Pop-Warner football ages 8-16. The rules were very clear. You were weighed before every game a kids and if you were too heavy you didn't play. The big kids either moved up a division (if eligible due to age restrictions) or waited until high school to play. Cut and dry. Is it different now?

[Darren]

There are weight classes in wrestling and that isn't considered biased.... there should be a weight cut off for Football if American kids are gonna be that fat.

[Steven K]

Bottom line is that this is a safety issue and everyone, including the boys parents, should understand and accept that. Sometimes you can't get what you want, that's life.

[Ray]

Ages and weights for Pop Warner football:

Ages and Weights

I had to weigh in before each game and if you were over weight, you didn't play. The rules did allow for growth during the season so you could weigh a bit more in November than you did in August, but they did enforce it.

Ray

[Cory]

The kid is going to drop dead from heart failure taking warm up laps......

He is 300 pounds......@ 12 years of age!

He weighs more than some of the NFL players who are pure muscle!!!

If I was his parent, I'd be concerned abut his weight. What about his physical to play? A 12 year old weighing 300 pounds wasn't a red flag to doctor conducting the physical?

In five years we are going to watching the news as the FD cuts out the side of his house to get him to the hospital using a forklift and a flatbed trailer.

300 freakin pounds!!!!

[MVM]

He IS over 6' tall.

But, there's no way he should be allowed to play with kids who, at best, weigh 135lbs.

[Cory]

Okay....so he' over 6 feet tall. He's 12 years old. No way should he weigh 300 pounds at that age.

[Randy H]

Originally Posted by David Hodgkins

I played Pop-Warner football ages 8-16. The rules were very clear. You were weighed before every game a kids and if you were too heavy you didn't play. The big kids either moved up a division (if eligible due to age restrictions) or waited until high school to play. Cut and dry. Is it different now?

Pee Wee and Pop Warner are different. Pee Wee goes by age/grade and the only weight restriction is for a ball carrier.

[Joe]

Originally Posted by Randy H

Pee Wee and Pop Warner are different. Pee Wee goes by age/grade and the only weight restriction is for a ball carrier.

Well then, how does Pee Wee keep little 110 lb. kids from getting killed by 300 lb. kids? I'm not up on my physics, but I can only image how many pounds of force a 300 lb. kid could inflict by falling onto someone else on the ground.

EDIT: nevermind, I guess that question doesn't make sense, since Pee Wee football isn't letting him play. So I am curious, how do high school football teams keep this sort of situation from being a problem? I guess I'm assuming that High schools or even Jr. Highs allow everyone to play..??

[Michael Stora]

Cory, have you watched the video? I don't see a huge gut on the kid and he seems to move well.

Mike

[DMW]

Originally Posted by Cory

Okay....so he' over 6 feet tall. He's 12 years old. No way should he weigh 300 pounds at that age.

Why not? His mother looks like she goes 350 soaking wet (pray that we never see a photo of that).

[Rodney]

He's in 7th grade . He should be playing middle school ball if it is available.

[Darren]

300 pounds is not pee-wee... it is pro ball.

Note to parents: Your kid is fu@#$*! fat... be a parent and control his diet.

Edit: after seeing the video I take it back... the kid is a monster that isn't technically fat but still shouldn't play pee-wee.

[Someday I Suppose]

Mike, I agree, I think they did a pretty good job of not really showing the kids gut, but from what you could see he didn't look like fat albert, just like a BIG kid.

It sounds to me like they have a problem down there with the rules in general. The coach talked about how there are a lot of kids in the league over the 'weight limit'. I can see the point there if the rules arent being inforced across the board, then how do you decide where the line is?

Originally Posted by Michael Stora

Cory, have you watched the video? I don't see a huge gut on the kid and he seems to move well.

Mike