Can you say set-up! The Pee Wee Red Skins were setup not to be able to play at the championship at Autzen statuim. Supposedly, we had an ineligible player play in Sunday’s game. But this young man has been playing all season and no other team has said anything about him until Sunday, which decide who got to go to the statuim. The team mom from the Linn-Benton cowboys, whom we had already played once this season on Sept 16 and she had no complaints then, said he was too old and couldn’t play. The Sheldon rep was standing there and said “no its fine the book is signed off by Pop Warner” so she signed off on the books saying he could play. I know you are thinking how I know this, well because I was standing right there. So the start of the 2nd quarter into the game the Willamette area rep came over and told us he couldn’t play so we pulled him from the game. From what I have been told they went through the right channels at the beginning of the season because we knew he was 13 to make sure that it was ok but now Pop Warner is going back on this telling us that we didn’t. They are the ones that put him on this team in the first place.
The board members had a meeting tonight, Nov 5, 2007 about the game we played on Sunday. The Cowboys are claiming that the young man made a bunch of touchdown during the time he was on the field and he was a big part of why they lost. The young man touched the ball once during the game and it was at kick off he kicked the ball to the cowboys. If the cowboys had a problem since the last game then why didn’t they go through the proper channels, area rep and board of directors, instead waiting until the game had started? So the board decides that we have to forfeit the game on Sunday and not play for the championship.
Pop Warner claims
Objectives
- To encourage and increase youth participation in football, cheerleading and dance.
- To ensure a safe and positive playing environment for all participants.
- To instill life-long values of teamwork, dedication and a superior work ethic in the classroom and on the playing field.
I’m sorry to say that I haven’t seen these objectives from them at all. I want to know why the kids are being punished for something that Pop Warner ok. And all the other teams we played ok it or they would have said something sooner. I think that this was the only way that the Linn-bent cowboys could win. They sure aren’t teaching their kids anything but sportsmanship. I know this because my son told one of the players good game and he just gave him a dirty look and shrugged it off. If my son would have done that he would have got one hell of a tongue lashing from me. Pop Warner boast about Team work how is it that a 90lb kid made that much of a difference.
I know that my son will be devastated about not being able to go to the championship they had a perfect season. I know that my son will not be playing for Pop Warner ever again and that I will tell everyone I know that the Pop Warner isn’t worth anyone’s time or energy. My family and I are done with Pop Warner and their politics. I will be pursuing other steps to make sure that this doesn’t go unnoticed.
