Illinois Youth Football Team Suspended for 13-Year Old Player Who Is in 10th Grade

[{"selector":"#anim-e0a4dc46-14c3-471b-9043-c266526447b7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Illinois Youth Football Team Suspended for 13-Year Old Player Who Is in 10th Grade

[{"selector":"#anim-90cb1cc6-f9bd-4f39-b0ea-ac0dc186c033 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.20141592582777%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google A youth football team in the Chicago region with close to 200 players and cheerleaders has been punished for using an academically gifted youngster.

[{"selector":"#anim-b6ab05e7-282d-4545-8f51-e92f485739a1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google According to WLS-John TV's Garcia, the Glenwood Cougars in Illinois have been expelled from the Southwest Midget Football League (SWMFL) because they had Tremayne Gandy Jr. on their roster.

[{"selector":"#anim-fadbc205-bde2-46e6-a4ba-c6f45602aa8a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google The age limit for the 14-and-under programme is met by Gandy, 13, although he has already moved up to the 10th grade.

[{"selector":"#anim-3edf1c3e-6973-4b84-8be1-55cc61ec1b61 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-29.22265612392388%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google where most 15- or 16-year-old children live, and the league's regulations say that a team cannot have a high school student

[{"selector":"#anim-9506db22-56ca-49ea-b96f-c95f2e2c79a1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Gary Richardson, the team president, said to Garcia, "Here's a young kid who is 13 years old and is taking a 10th grade education and he is being punished." "The entire programme is being penalised, not just him."

[{"selector":"#anim-75b9d52a-d3cc-4cfb-aeb7-857fa3c7a224 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google The league issued a statement, part of which read: "Although it is difficult to implement a disciplinary measure that has an impact on the whole organisation,

[{"selector":"#anim-9266f6f5-9747-4afb-a1ff-09f36a3fca18 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google In exchange for fair play, each of the league's 13 franchises has promised to uphold these regulations."