To provide and establish a wholesome youth tackle football league that promotes sportsmanship and fair play. Where all players get an opportunity to play each game and the emphasis is on teaching character, athletic and social skills, and a healthy attitude. That winning is not the most important objective. Where coaches teach and lead through example.

The Mid-Michigan Pony Football League, Inc., hereafter referred to as MMPFL, founded for promoting a healthy, typical American contact sport for the youth in our area. If young people will play football with or without proper equipment or supervision, the Corporation feels that by providing proper protective equipment, playing fields, and supervisory personnel, injuries will be at a minimum. The MMPFL recognizes the valid criticism leveled at programs of this nature. We feel the good done by the program, as a whole, outweighs the harm derived from the undue mental pressures placed upon the youths by the need to win. For this reason, the MMPFL has no championships or playoffs, no individual player awards or recognitions. This is not to say that the MMPFL de-emphasizes winning instead, the program places emphasis on good sportsmanship, teamwork, and team discipline. The unwavering desire to win at all costs is what is de-emphasized in our program. The youth play a good hard game and, of course, one team will lose each time, as it must be. The MMPFL wants the half that loses to be proud players and parents who can take pride in the program that they have developed in their community.