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297-lb Texas boy too big to play peewee football

Posted: 08.17.2012 at 7:57 AM Updated: 08.17.2012 at 8:00 AM

Twelve-year-old Elijah Earnheart, left, looks on as his mom Cindy Earnheart takes a phone call from his football coach outside his home in Mesquite, Texas. / AP photo

Peewee football league bars 297-pound suburban Dallas boy from playing, says he's too big

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