Youth football team suspended for having an ineligible player on the roster
A youth football team in Beaver County is now suspended for having an ineligible player on their roster.
The Brighton Township Bears Mighty Mites youth football team has been suspended for the entire season by the Beaver County Youth Football League. The reason for the suspension is an ineligible player on the team's roster. According to the team's president, Kris Kaletz, the problem arose when a player turned 13 years old earlier in the month.
It was only after the team sang "happy birthday" to the player on the field that they discovered their mistake. Kaletz explained that the league had already approved the team's paperwork containing the player's birth date. Despite acknowledging the error, Kaletz expressed sympathy for the players, stating that it was a mistake on both the team's and the league's part.
The league's board of directors released a statement asserting that the matter is not about any individual child, but rather about the league's responsibility to enforce the rules governing the BCYFL.
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