Although I am not a fan in any way of what has been going on in these forms lately...
I do not agree with an age requirement, It is as matter of maturity, not every 14 or 16 year old acts as the people that have recently been annoying every member of this league...
I do however have a recommendation to this leagues admins, restrict access to the froms (except to the noob & possible help forms) to actual NHRL members, as to prevent future annoyances. This would solve everyones problems.
Age Requirements Are Not Something We Should Be Moving Towards..
the way to restrict the forum access is to have everything readable to the public, but only certain forum ranks to post to certain threads. Things like Newbies forum and possibly verbal liberties to new forum members. Only real league drivers could post to the actual series discussion forums and stuff like that. Just my H.O.
Also, on the age requirement for drivers. No, there shouldn't be. Like duster said, We have had drivers who were very respectful and aquired respectable skills at like age 13 or 14.