The game was used to help prop up their win-loss percentage and as a chance of wrestling away the 1925 Championship away from the first place Pottsville Maroons.
When NFL President Joseph Carr learned high school players had been used in a league game, he told reporters the 59–0 Cardinals win would be stricken from the record.
Finally Badgers' owner, Ambrose McGuirk, was ordered to sell his Milwaukee franchise within 90 days.
To this day, Pottsville residents and supporters still demand to know why Chicago was awarded the title even though they too were found by Carr to have violated the NFL's rules.
[5] * The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.