Sounds like the school well knew the kid and it made sense all around.
There is a real danger in having bigger, older kids play in contact sports like football, however; so I can see GeronL’s point that this policy could be taken too far.
Yes. I was only making light of the bending of the age rule.
Of course I wasn’t making fun of Eric, it took them 2 years to make this decision. They probably did everything correctly to keep the new rule as narrowly as possible.