Donruss Announces Limited Edition Pop Warner NFL Football Card Set
Donruss announced Monday Morning that they have completed production of a special limited edition NFL football card set to celebrate this week's National Pop Warner Football Championships. Donruss will be on hand for the entire week long event, during which time they will doling out thousands of packs of Donruss Trading Cards to children of all ages.
The limited edition football card set will be distributed to more than 1,000 people who attend the final games of the Pop Warner Super Bowl on Friday and Saturday. The set includes Rookie Cards of 1st Year NFL Sensations Darren McFadden, Matt Ryan and Felix Jones. Rounding out the checklist are NFL Stars Adrian Peterson, Peyton Manning and Devin Hester.
Mike Anderson, Vice President of Donruss, had this to say regarding his company's participation in the event,"We are proud to be associated with such a great name as Pop Warner Little Scholars. We have been focused on introducing trading cards to kids and our relationship with Pop Warner allows us to reach thousands of youth football organizations across the country."
The Pop Warner Football Championships (referred to as the Pop Warner Super Bowl) are divided into teams competing in Division I and Division II. Sixty-four football teams compete for National Championships in four different classes. The teams that compete in the tournament are divided into one of these four classes (Jr. Pee Wee, Pee Wee, Jr. Midget and Midget) based on the ages and sizes of its players. In order to advance to the Pop Warner Super Bowl, a team must win its respective League Championship as well as the Regional Championship. Each advancing team is guarenteed to play two games at the Super Bowl, with a Tomlin and Warner Champion being crowned in each age / weight division and competition level.
This year's Pop Warner Super Bowl is already in full swing down at its perennial stomping grounds at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. The tournament will conclude on December 13th, at which time the 2008 Pop Warner Super Bowl Champions will be crowned.
