By Mike Hoss / Eyewitness News wwltv.com (CLICK to read more)"John Burke is a 13-year-old eighth grader who has been homeschooled his entire life. And he loves football, but as a homeschooler, there wasn't a team.
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So his dad made him an offer.
'He said that he would put me into school so I could play high school football,” John Burke said. “I felt it was a strange idea.”
That's not a problem anymore. Now there is the home school Saints, New Orleans' first tackle football team made up entirely of homeschool kids. Thursday was just their second time in action.
“Yeah it’s exciting, I love football in general and the adrenaline rush of being able to go onto the football field after never being able to play,” said player Sam Mauras. “Its just exhilarating to go out and represent New Orleans.”"
