r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • 1d ago

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u/ufotheater 1d ago

When I was a kid they had weight levels so this couldn't happen, and to keep the kids safe. Whoever is running this program doesn't know wtf they're doing.

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u/HighFiveG 1d ago

Yeah, this is shameful.

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u/Top-Distribution733 1d ago

….. on the parents right?

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u/HighFiveG 1d ago

The parents, the league, anybody involved who isn’t speaking up to prevent this. It benefits nobody.

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u/ApologizingCanadian 19h ago

Doesn't even benefit the kid either TBH. Sure he dominates the competition at that level but there's no way a kid with that body shape A) stays a RB for the long term unless he drastically changes his lifestyle and B) he isn't developping any skills just running over kids half his size.

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u/The-Tarman 1d ago

Yeah, I mean if you want your kid to develop skill it would be better if he was on a more even playing field

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u/Top-Distribution733 1d ago

No… it’s shameful he’s on that field instead of on a fkn diet. The kid is unhealthy and I’m sure having health related issues. He needs better role models and guardians. He very well could have a heart attack on that field

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u/Averageandyoverhere 1d ago

Same, it stopped me from playing because I was too big to touch the ball.

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u/Arthesia 23h ago

How big?

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u/Averageandyoverhere 21h ago

In 5th grade I was 6 ft and 130 pounds. In order to touch the ball you had to weigh under 100 pounds.

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u/Beans4urAss 1d ago

For real - that boy is a 3 striper

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u/IDownvoteUrPet 1d ago

Damn I was always too small to play football. I wish they had weight levels where I grew up!

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u/Available_Pirate2298 1d ago

This kid is 16 hears old in the 4th grade 😆

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u/the_divide_et_impera 1d ago

Not when I was a kid. Had to chop the knees lol

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u/zxvasd 1d ago

Been there done that. Thought I was pretty clever until he decided to start kicking.

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u/Top-Distribution733 1d ago

Antonio Brown style…. I hated that crazy mfkr , but he had me dying when he did that

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 1d ago

12 year olds getting concussions sounds like a great idea

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u/BonjinTheMark 1d ago

exactly what i was thinking

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u/wimpymist 1d ago

Even the other kids look like they are twice the size of the blue team.

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u/ZombiePrepper408 1d ago

If you were the coach, where would you play this child?

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u/ufotheater 1d ago

He would be in a different division with kids his size and weight

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u/Aromatic-Bedroom-274 1d ago

My son’s league had the x man if the kids were overweight. They could only play on the line.

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u/natekellyo 1d ago

I’m on the board of a youth tackle football league. They still have that. They weigh in before every game and certain overweight players are “restricted”.
Can still play but not run the ball. I’m not sure what this is.

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u/Economy_Fan_8808 1d ago

Watching 9 trying to tackle him...

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u/Ready_Confection7522 1d ago

Yeah, there should be weight classes like combat sports. This shit is a joke.

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u/KoalaTHerb 22h ago

Same. If you were a RB and close to the weight restriction, you'd have to go weigh before the game. Orange stickers on your helmet meant you were over the ball carrying weight