Why had Antoine initially chosen to lie about where he lived?

Antoine Thomas is the real star of the Lake Windsor Seagulls. But Antoine lives in Tangerine rather than Lake Windsor. Everyone on the football team is participating in keeping this secret. When it comes out that Antoine doesn’t have a Lake Windsor address, all the Seagulls games for the season are forfeited. Antoine is the one who tells Paul that he needs to tell the truth.