Ict YFL

🚨 FINAL DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨

Today is the FINAL DAY to submit all required paperwork and payments for league play!

Everything must be received by the end of today. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS and NO additional extensions.

Please get everything turned in immediately to secure your team’s participation!

🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨

August 31 is the FINAL deadline! All required documents and payments must be submitted by this date—NO EXCEPTIONS.

There will be no additional extensions. Please handle everything early to ensure your team is eligible and ready for the season! 🏈

We will release a schedule
September 6, 2026 for all registered and eligible teams !!

ICTYFL ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY

Coaches, parents, and spectators.. we must set the example!

Disrespectful arguments, personal attacks, threats, and negative social media exchanges will not be tolerated. Violations may result in warnings, game penalties, removal from events, coach suspensions, parent bans, or additional league discipline.

Repeated parent misconduct could also affect a player’s eligibility when a safe arrangement cannot be established.

Protect the players. Respect the game. Keep personal conflicts off the field and social media! 🏈

Please take time to get familiar with our expectations and guidelines below : 👇
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ICTYFL Sportsmanship and Social Media Conduct Bylaw

Section 1 — Purpose

ICTYFL is committed to providing a safe, respectful, and positive environment for every player, coach, parent, official, volunteer, and organization. The league has zero tolerance for ongoing disrespect, harassment, threats, intimidation, or negative public behavior that damages the league or youth football community.

Participation in ICTYFL is a privilege. Everyone representing a member organization is expected to conduct themselves professionally on the field, in the stands, online, and at all league-related activities.

Section 2 — Prohibited Conduct

The following conduct is prohibited:

* Coaches, directors, or team representatives engaging in disrespectful back-and-forth arguments.
* Insulting, threatening, intimidating, or harassing another coach, parent, player, official, volunteer, organization, or league representative.
* Parents or spectators engaging in hostile exchanges at games or on social media.
* Posting or sharing disrespectful comments, accusations, rumors, personal attacks, threatening messages, or misleading information about another team or individual.
* Encouraging others to attack, embarrass, or harass someone online.
* Continuing a public disagreement after being instructed by the league or organization to stop.
* Using players, team pages, group chats, or social media accounts to continue adult conflicts.
* Retaliating against anyone who reports misconduct in good faith.

Constructive criticism and respectful disagreement are allowed. Personal attacks, harassment, threats, and behavior that creates an unsafe or hostile environment are not.

Section 3 — Responsibility of Organizations

Each organization is responsible for the behavior of its coaches, staff members, parents, spectators, and official team social media accounts.

Coaches and directors must make a reasonable effort to stop inappropriate behavior connected to their organization. Ignoring, encouraging, or participating in the misconduct may result in additional discipline against the coach or organization.

Section 4 — Reporting and Review

Reports should include screenshots, videos, witness statements, messages, or other available evidence. Reports must be submitted to the League Director or designated disciplinary committee.

Before discipline is issued:

1. The accused individual or organization will be notified of the complaint.
2. They will be given an opportunity to provide a response.
3. The league will review the available evidence.
4. The league will issue a written decision when practical.

The league may take immediate temporary action when necessary to protect players, families, officials, or the integrity of an event.

Section 5 — Progressive Discipline

Depending on the seriousness, frequency, and impact of the conduct, consequences may include:

First offense

* Verbal or written warning.
* Required removal of inappropriate social media content.
* Meeting with league leadership.
* Written acknowledgment of league conduct expectations.

Second offense

* Official league probation.
* Removal from the sideline or facility for a designated period.
* One-game suspension for a coach or team representative.
* Pregame administrative or sportsmanship penalty against the team, when permitted by applicable playing rules.

Third or repeated offense

* Multiple-game suspension.
* Loss of coaching or sideline privileges.
* Parent or spectator ban from league events.
* Team or organization probation.
* Additional administrative game penalties.

Severe misconduct

Threats, intimidation, discriminatory harassment, attempts to provoke violence, or conduct creating an immediate safety risk may result in:

* Immediate removal from the facility.
* Indefinite suspension pending review.
* Season-long suspension or permanent league ban.
* Team forfeiture when misconduct prevents a game from being safely completed.
* Referral to facility security or law enforcement when appropriate.

The league is not required to follow each disciplinary step when the conduct is severe.

Section 6 — Parent and Spectator Misconduct

Parents and spectators are responsible for their own conduct. The league will generally discipline the responsible adult before taking action against a player.

Consequences may include:

* Warning the parent or spectator.
* Removing the individual from the facility.
* Restricting the individual from attending future league events.
* Requiring an approved adult representative to accompany the player.
* Placing the organization on probation.

A player will not automatically be suspended because of an adult’s behavior. However, temporary player suspension may be considered as a last resort when:

* The responsible adult repeatedly violates league directives.
* The adult refuses to comply with a facility or event ban.
* No safe and reasonable participation arrangement can be established.
* The behavior creates a continuing safety risk or substantially disrupts league operations.

Any action affecting a player must be reviewed by league leadership and kept as limited as reasonably possible.

Section 7 — Team Game Penalties

When authorized by the league’s governing playing rules, repeated misconduct connected to a team may result in the team beginning its next game with an administrative sportsmanship penalty.

Possible penalties may include:

* Loss of a timeout.
* Field-position penalty.
* Unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty.
* Restriction of designated sideline personnel.
* Forfeiture in extreme or repeated cases.

The specific penalty must be communicated to both teams and the game officials before kickoff.

Section 8 — Appeals

A disciplined individual or organization may submit a written appeal within 72 hours of receiving the decision. The appeal must explain why the decision should be reconsidered and include any supporting evidence.

The disciplinary action will remain in effect during the appeal unless league leadership determines otherwise. The appeal decision will be final.

Section 9 — Acknowledgment

All member organizations must provide this bylaw to their coaches, staff members, parents, and spectators. Registration and participation in ICTYFL constitute agreement to follow this policy.

Our message is simple: adults must set the example. Protect the players, respect the game, and keep personal conflicts away from the field and social media.

🚨 ATTENTION ALL COACHES 🚨

I’m working to finish everyone’s official coaching cards. I already have a large number of background checks completed, but I still need each coach to declare the following:

🏈 Full name
🏈 Team/organization
🏈 Grade level or age division
🏈 Coaching position

Example:
John Smith
Wichita Trojans 8U
Defensive Coordinator

Please submit your information as soon as possible either through DM 📥 or by commenting below … so I can complete your card. Even if your background check is already finished, I still need your grade level and coaching position!

Coaches and directors—please tag your staff and make sure everyone responds!

Official coaching credentials will be distributed tomorrow at our league meeting to all coaches and directors who have successfully passed their background checks.

These credentials will identify approved league personnel and authorize sideline access throughout the season. If your background check has not been completed or approved, you will not receive a credential.

https://opportunities.averity.com/IctYFL

Please make plans to attend and pick up your badge!

🏈 ICTYFL × AYF
📍 Kansas & Oklahoma
Protecting our players. Securing our sidelines.

LEAGUE MEETING REMINDER 🚨

All coaches and directors, our final league meeting before Week 1 kickoff is tomorrow!

📅 Thursday, August 20
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Nelson’s Kitchen 1712 E morris

We’ll discuss scheduling, travel options, hosting games, league structure, and final preparations for kickoff.

Please make attendance a priority and arrive on time. Let’s get everyone on the same page and start the season strong! 🏈🔥

🏈 2026 AYF OFFICIAL FOOTBALL SIZES 🏈

The 2026 season is underway — make sure your teams are using the correct football!

Wilson® is the Official Football of American Youth Football, and the following footballs are REQUIRED for all AYF-sanctioned tournament and postseason play:

🏈 6U–9U: Wilson K2
🏈 10U, 11U & 12U: Wilson TDJ
🏈 13U: Wilson TDY
🏈 14U: Wilson TDY or TDS — Team’s Option

⚠️ COACHES & CONFERENCE LEADERS: Please share this information with your teams now so everyone is prepared before postseason play begins.

The road to the 2026 AYF National Championships starts with being prepared and playing by the standard!

Wilson Football

🚨 ICTYFL LEAGUE MEETING 🚨

Attention all coaches and organization directors! Our final league meeting before the Week 1 kickoff will take place:

📅 August 20
📍 Nelson’s Kitchen 1712 E. Morris
⏰ 7:00 PM

We will discuss important details for the upcoming season, including:

🏈 Scheduling
🚐 Travel options
🏟️ Hosting games
📋 League structure

This is an important meeting as we make our final preparations for opening weekend. Please arrive on time and ready to get everything in order!

The countdown to kickoff is officially underway! 🔥🏈

This season is about giving our young athletes the opportunity to benefit from all the hard work they’ve put in, along with the countless hours invested by coaches, volunteers, parents, and organizations committed to their success.

This is what happens when people come together with a shared purpose. Communities can create positive change when they unite around what’s best for the kids.

Here’s to a safe, competitive, and memorable season where the focus stays exactly where it belongs… on the youth.
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