WEIGH-IN PROCEDURE & LIMITS
Weight Limits:
2nd Grade 95 lbs.
3rd Grade 105 lbs.
4th Grade 115 lbs.
5th Grade 125 lbs.
6th Grade 140 lbs.
**Notice that our league is now based on
Grade, rather than Age.
Players may “play up” but are not
permitted to play down.**
Minimum Equipment:
Game shoes, socks, pants, knee and thigh pads, girdles and shells with required pads, and game jersey
CYFL Weigh-in Rules:
WEIGH-INS
Each member of each team will be weighed no later than thirty (30) minutes prior to their scheduled playing time. The weighing will be conducted by a CYFL official if present. One representative from each team will be allowed to observe the weigh-ins. If no CYFL official is present, the weigh-in of a team will be conducted by a representative from the opposing team.
Any player who arrives after the weigh-in for his/her team has been conducted, will be subject to a weigh-in before he/she is eligible to play. His/her head coach or designate must notify the CYFL official and the head coach of the opposing team. It is then the prerogative of the opposing coach to waive a weigh-in for the latecomer. This rule applies anytime during the entire game.
The minimum equipment required for weigh-ins will be: game shoes, socks, pants, knee and thigh pads, girdles and shells with the required pads, and game jersey. Anyone not in minimal equipment while on the scale will be ineligible to play.
Each organization will purchase a scale recommended by the CYFL and have the scale available at game times at their home field dates. In the event of scale failure, the game will be played without weighing.
The scale furnished by the home field team is the final authority. If the scale pegs at the top, that player is overweight and is ineligible to play in the game. A wavering scale does not constitute an overweight player. If there is a doubt, the CYFL official (or representative from the opposing team, if no official is present) shall make the final decision while the player is standing on the scale.
If a player is overweight, he/she may weigh-in twice, but he/she shall not leave the weigh-in area for any reason prior to the second weigh-in.
Players may put on accessories such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatbands and protectors after they have weighed in. Players must play in the equipment that they used when weighing in (i.e. if the player weighed in with a pair of athletic shoes other than his/her normal cleats, he/she will have to wear that pair of shoes during the game).
If a member of the CYFL Executive Board is conducting the weigh-ins, the presence of the opposing coach is not required at the weigh-ins.
Under no conditions will a player be allowed to play if the player is overweight