Weight restrictions in football?

Question

My team is a 12-15 league you can't turn 16 during 2008. The weight limit is 140 but it goes up 2 lbs every other week. Do you think that is a little low because kids are getting bigger. Give your opinion

Answer 1

Yeah, I do.  I coach little league football...and for our 11-12 year old league, if you're over 140 you can't touch the football and can't play linebacker or defensive back.  Have to be a down lineman.  But you can still play being over that weight and that's for 11-12 year olds.  The 13-14 year old league there are no weight restrictions at all.  I think that's low though....some people have their growth spurts earlier than others...so I don't think there should be a weight limit on 15 year olds playing football.

Answer 2

The problem is that if you have really big kids out there, the risk of injury goes up dramatically.  Especially in a youth league where there are smaller kids who just haven't hit their growth spurts yet.

If you are on a 12-15 team then you should be playing Frosh or Jr. High ball anyway where there are no limits.

Answer 3

If you become significantly larger than 140, then you should try out as a freshman on the the varsity team.