What is Sprint football?
'''Sprint football''', formerly called '''lightweight football''', is a varsity [[sport]] played by [[United States]] colleges and universities, under standard [[American football]] rules. The sport has two governing bodies—the '''Collegiate Sprint Football League''', founded in 1934, and the '''Midwest Sprint Football League''', founded in 2021 ahead of its first season in 2022. As of the upcoming 2024 season, 16 schools field sprint football teams—nine in the CSFL and seven in the MSFL. In sprint football, players must have a weight of 178&nbsp;lb (81&nbsp;kg) or less and a minimum of 5% body fat to be eligible to play.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news |work=Wall Street Journal|first=Adam|last=Thompson|title=A Small League for Little Dudes Is the New Hope at Mansfield U.|date=2008-09-26|page=A1}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Sports in the United States]] [[Category:American football]] {{sport-stub}}