Let me start this with I don’t have all of the information as to what is going on at the infc level but since this thread is about rumors I want to address the false information. All of Lincoln’s kids are in 5th grade with the exception of a 4th grader that had to play up because of weight. One new player this year did not register with USA football as he came to practice late and most likely missed the communication about registering. The other two players are not new to Lincoln this year and it was most likely an oversight by the parents to register. These are all good kids in 5th grade that are heartbroken that they don’t get to play when they did nothing wrong. The play count issue in 6th grade is the reason 6th grade lc is out of the championship. Again not the kids fault and that’s the thing that sucks the most for those kids. I know those coaches and they have 26-28 players so it’s not an excuse but I know it’s difficult to keep track of that many kids plays. To my knowledge no one is pushing back in the play count. For 5th grade football it’s simply an oversight of USA football registration which is to be done by the parents. Our full roster with submitted and accepted to infc at the beginning of the season. Hope this helps provide some clarity.  I know infc will have official information on what they took into consideration with this unfortunate situation with what they decided but from a parents perspective regardless of team it’s the kids that suffer the most in this. Based on the comments here it’s not anything that manipulated a kids age to get a competitive advantage to play. Hope that helps