A Maine Principals’ Association committee on Thursday will review, and likely rule on, Lisbon High School’s appeal to have its varsity football team reinstated without penalty this fall.
Because the team forfeited half of its 2024 season in the wake of hazing allegations, it now has to ask the MPA to waive a rule that requires varsity athletic teams that don’t complete their season to wait two years before competing again.
The rule, Appendix Z in the MPA’s bylaws for interscholastic sports, states that all appeals will be heard by the MPA’s Interscholastic Management Committee “for a waiver in extenuating circumstances.