DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX – A nine-year-old football player who was barred from carrying the ball because he was ‘overweight’ has lost his appeal to Football Quebec for reinstatement.
The ruling also landed a devastating blow to the season of the Sunnybrooke Chiefs atom football team, who were forced to forfeit four games.
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Two weeks ago, the league disqualified Shekai Mills Knight because he was listed as 111 lbs – a pound too heavy to carry the ball.
His mother insisted that he was actually 101 lbs, and insisted he was weighed incorrectly.
The team has four games left to play.
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It said it may consider a lawsuit due to alleged irregularities with how players were weighed.
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