Pop Warner, a non-profit organization, is the leading youth football, cheerleading and dance organization, with programs and participants across the United States. As the most-trusted governing body, Pop Warner enforces a national rule book that incorporates time-tested rules and regulations, has strict equipment requirements, mandates volunteer screening and training certifications, and provides necessary resources, such an administrative manual, to assist member leagues and associations in sound policy creation Warner’s core focus is to serve youth.

We strive to:
1) encourage and increase youth participation in football, cheerleading and dance, to
2) ensure a safer and positive playing environment for all participants, and to
3) instill life-long values of teamwork, dedication and a superior work ethic on the playing field and in the classroom.

In fact, Pop Warner requires each participant do demonstrate scholastic aptitude to participate in its sports programs, and awards college scholarship funds to its highest-achieving student athletes.