Contacts Region Vice Director JoAnn Smith Email!   Football Commissioner Mike Baldwin Email! Member Leagues Important Dates Click Here for Calendar 2008 Division Requirements 2008 Regional Book Layout The 2008 football season has arrived and that means bowl games are just around the corner. Click on Region Forms for the forms needed to host or play in bowl games. Leagues and/or Associations need permission to host post-season bowl games including Mitey-Mite Bowls. All teams wishing to play in bowl games must have permission prior to playing, including Mitey-Mites. PERMISSION TO HOST POST-SEASON BOWL FORM: Deadline to request permission to host is September 15, 2008. Form must be typed, filled out completely and submitted to me by the deadline date with League approval. Upon receipt of form, the request will be approved or denied and a reply by e-mail will be made to the contact person listed on the form, with a copy going to the Association and League contacts. TEAM TRAVEL PERMISSION FORM: Deadline to request permission to travel or play in a bowl game is October 31, 2008. Form must be typed, filled out completely and submitted to me by the deadline date with Association and League approval. Mail one form for each football team requesting permission to travel or play in a bowl game. Upon receipt of form, the request will be approved or denied and a reply by e-mail will be made to the contact person listed on the form, with a copy going to the Association and League contacts. BOWL GAME HOSTING REPORT: This form maybe mailed or faxed to me no later than 15 calendar days after the event. Report must be typed, listing scores and all teams that played in the bowl. Also include general information about your bowl, problems you may have had and by all means please share the good things. Upon receipt of form, I will e-mail the bowl contact person that I received the report. Fax number: 480-393-4446. If you have any questions please call or email. My phone number and mailing address is listed on all forms. Good luck to all. Have a great and safe season. JoAnn Smith Mid-South Vice Region Director We have heard from several of you asking if practices will start earlier than August 1 this this year... Unfortunately, the answer is NO....last year National Office made an exception based on August 1st being in the middle of the week... this year it is on a Friday... Please read the procedure below carefully....there are no exceptions to this rule: Practices may NOT begin prior to 8/1/2008 ( FRIDAY ).  Keep in mind that the Pop Warner Rule Book states a WEEK to be SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS - No bending this with "weekends" or "days off" in the middle of a week to start a new one... WEEK ONE - 8/1/08 - 8/7/08 - CONDITIONING ONLY - NO EQUIPMENT, NO TACKLING DUMMIES, NO CONTACT WITH ANYTHING OR ANYBODY..... WEEK TWO - 8/8/08 - 8/14/08 - CONDITIONING WITH  EQUIPMENT, AND WITH CONTACT ALLOWED. WEEK THREE BEGINS ON 8/15/08 - Contact practices may legally be held Remember, from 8/1 -  Labor Day, practices may not exceed two and one half hours per day, not to exceed ten hours per week. AFTER Labor Day, practices may not exceed two hours per day, not to exceed six hours per week. The FIRST week is conditioning only - SECOND week, contact is allowed... after the second week, have at it!!! Also, please remember that any player added after intitial practices have begun are subject to the same conditioning hours 10/10 as the other players.  They cannot immediately begin contact. If you or your coaches are fuzzy on the rules regarding practice, please refer to to the 2007 PW Rule Book, pages 21 and 22. NO PARTICIPANT IS TO BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE WITHOUT FULFILLING ALL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS - INCLUDING SCHOLASTIC ELIGIBILITY. JUST AS A REFRESHER, HERE ARE ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS: PARENTAL CONSENT - POP WARNER CONSENT FORMS ONLY MEDICAL EXAMINATION - POP WARNER FORM ONLY, COMPLETED THIS CALENDAR YEAR PROOF OF AGE- 'NUFF SAID SCHOLASTIC FITNESS - The rule book AND Gwen have made the requirements clear.. IF ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE REQUIRED REGISTRATION ELEMENTS ARE MISSING, YOUR PARTICIPANT IS NOT LEGALLY REGISTERED, NOT INSURED, THEREFORE INELIGIBLE TO BEGIN PRACTICE. Make sure your players are within the specified weight range ( no more than six lbs. over, no more than three lbs. under ) Certification Weight ranges to be eligible to begin practice. ( This requirement does NOT apply to cheerleaders!!! ) Football Coaches Clinic If in Alabama or Tennesse, Use This form More Information Coming Soon For All Others