The Lincoln Youth Football (LYF) League is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization exclusively for scientific, charitable, and educational purposes to "Foster an interest in and promote football for children under the age of 14; to foster an appreciation for good sportsmanship, to teach the rules of the game of football; to provide incentives and contests to arouse and maintain children's interest in football; to organize or sponsor groups of public spirited men and women in the community to carry out the above objects; to enlist the support of other groups interested in the welfare of children and events in the above purposes."