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'Friday Night Tykes' looks inside the competitive Texas youth football scene

Still from the Esquire Network show "Friday Night Tykes."
Still from the Esquire Network show "Friday Night Tykes."
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'Friday Night Tykes' looks inside the competitive Texas youth football scene

Illegal recruiting, cheating, suspensions. Those may sound like story lines from a typical college football season, and they are all part of a new documentary-style show. The thing is, it's not about college football. It's about eight- and nine-year-old players.

"Friday Night Tykes", which debuts tonight on Esquire Network, follows the players, coaches and parents of five youth football teams in the San Antonio, Texas area.

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For more on this, we're joined by Jason Sciavicco, executive producer of "Friday Night Tykes."