Frenship ISD is disappointed by today’s UIL ruling that requires the Frenship High School varsity football team to forfeit the September 24 game against San Angelo Central. This forfeiture originates from a procedural error made by referees at the September 17 game against Amarillo High.

During the September 17 game, referees mistakenly ejected a Frenship player on a first unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Despite the student sitting out the rest of the game, the referees confirmed there was no player disqualified from the game. Referees never submitted any official documentation or a report of an ejection to the UIL. Based on that information, the student was allowed to play in the next game against San Angelo Central.

However, the UIL received an allegation that the player who was mistakenly ejected should have sat out the first two quarters of the next game per UIL rules, therefore making him ineligible to play in the first half of the San Angelo Central game and resulting in a forfeiture.

Frenship appealed the forfeiture, but unfortunately, the UIL upheld the decision. 

We want to emphasize that this forfeiture is at no fault of the student, and we are saddened that mistakes and procedural errors made by adults are impacting the students.