FOWLERVILLE, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – On Wednesday, roughly 250 kids who play football through the Fowlerville program received an email saying that the tackle football season was cancelled.
The Fowlerville Recreation Department, which runs through the school system, initially announced it had to switch this year’s first- to eighth-grade program to a flag football season because helmets for players were not recertified and couldn’t be used. That’s because the company that originally agreed to recondition and certify the helmets in late July said they would not.
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After parents and other people in the community expressed their concern, Capital Varsity Sports in Ohio stepped up and the decision was reversed. The helmets had to be reconditioned and certified as safe for the students to wear during the football season.
Another youth football conference, Kensington Valley Youth Football Conference said it would provide helmets for the teams to borrow while that takes place.
Capital Varsity Sports plans to recondition the helmets and send them back in phases, with the seventh and eighth grade teams getting theirs first.
Practices were set to start on Monday, but because of the issues with the helmets, it was delayed a few weeks. The season usually starts in September, with teams playing six or seven games per season.
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