Participant Eligibility To Play Pop Warner
Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. (PWLS) is the only national youth sports organization in America that requires its participants to perform adequately in the classroom before permitting them to play.
We believe that the standards we have set give these children a sense of responsibility and an appreciation for academics and athletics that will help them develop later on in life.
Like such organizations as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Federation of High Schools (NFHS), PWLS has academic guidelines and criteria that need to be met in order for a child to participate.
This form is to be completed by participants in the Pop Warner program that have not met the National Scholastic Requirement of 70 percent or 2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) at the time of certification. This form must be accompanied by a progressing progress report or a report card to be eligible for play after the October 15 deadline. That report must be dated between September 1 and October 15. If no progressing progress report or report card is given then the player shall be found ineligible for the rest of the year.
This form is to be completed by participants in the Pop Warner program that are enrolled in home school. This form must be accompanied by a progressing progress report or report card from an accredited governing body to be eligible for play after the October 15 deadline. That report must be dated between September 1 and October 15. If the progress report or report card isn’t received within the dates noted above the player shall be found ineligible for the rest of the season.