Matt Leinart Flag Football

Terrible. Terrible. Terrible. Same complaints as several previous reviewers. So many issues throughout the season and absolutely no response from Ryan Leinart when our team tried to call and email him for resolution. No one on our team is returning. Please go somewhere else if you want your child to have a positive experience learning and playing flag football.

What a mistake. (Review for South OC league). These are all run by the same person, Ryan Leinart. We were told this was a fun and professionally run league, what a mistake that turned out to be. We had a HORRIBLE experience with this league. No practice, very poor (paid) 16yr old coach. No jersey for one of the players for more than ¾ of the season. No evaluations, so the teams were SO not balanced and almost to the extreme that some came pre-​formed. There are just too many things to mention why this league should not be your choice. Look at other leagues like (
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). If you are reading this, and you still sign up, then you are either on a pre-​formed team or you will regret your decision. You have been warned… YELLOW FLAG on the field … poor organization, poor coaching, NO evaluations, over weighted teams allowed, league organizer did not care enough to immediately see the problem and fix it, no refund or partial refund, and games without flags (oh wait, isn’t this flag football). I can only wonder if MATT LEINART know what a mess is attached to his name… RUN AWAY from this league.

What a joke!!! My son has played in this league for a couple of years and the whole system has gone to shit. The League is very poorly managed as they let certain Coaches pick their teams. They no longer play by the rules that are printed anymore. Ryan Leinart is afraid to put the Coaches in their place. Please do not put your son’s in this league if you want them to play in a fairly legitimate environment. The Coaches will tell you the rules are there for others not for them. I can not believe Matt Leinart would let him name be attached to such a SHAM!!!

This review is for ML Flag Football– Irvine League. So far, we are NOT impressed! It is Monday, 4 days before the 1^st game, and we still do not have a season schedule! Nobody at ML wants to take responsibility for anything. At the 1^st practice there was no plan of action, nobody practiced any basics or fundamentals with the boys. How about some throwing and catching drills? Dads were jumping in with negative feedback for the little boys, talking over their heads. The website says that the team with be made up of kids spanning 2 grades, but that is not the case. The ages are all over the board. This may end up being wasted time and $. Too bad because we had such high hopes and our son was so excited! Hoping the coach will come prepared and be able to teach the boys how to play the game and have fun! We have nowhere to go but up!

This was my son’s first year with the Matt Leinart flag football league (Spring season). The league was pretty organized and games were held on time in an orderly fashion. No frills league. There are paid referees so parents don’t have to volunteer to do that so they can enjoy watching their son’s games.
Since there aren’t that many players, they group 2 grade groups into one class. So for example, the league groups 1^st graded and 2^nd graders into one class. So if you have a 1^st grader son playing with most of their players 1^st graders too, your team will probably get trounced by a team predominantly 2^nd graders. It wasn’t fun to watch my son’s team lose every game this season as their team only had 1 physically bigger 2^nd grader.

This is our first year playing flag football. So far I have been impressed by the league, but we are just getting started. Its a kids flag football league that plays at Newport Harbor High School on Thursday and Friday nights.