Press Release: AAU Boys Basketball Rule Change!

[Anonymous]

ORLANDO, FL. (MAY 16, 2024) – The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) announced today a rule change made by its Boys’ Basketball Executive Committee to further expand participation opportunities for its members.

Effective immediately, AAU National Chair, Boo Williams and the AAU Boys’ Basketball Executive Committee passed a motion that allows female athletes to participate on boys’ basketball teams from 7U/1st Grade up to the 12U/6th Grade divisions.

“Female players who want to play AAU basketball should be given every opportunity to do so,” said Jo Mirza, AAU President. “This rule change offers female athletes, up to a certain age, the best chance to play on the best teams available to them to develop their basketball skills.”

The rule change means female athletes, with current AAU memberships, and who meet the eligibility requirements will be allowed to play on boys' team up to the age/grade division of 12U/6th Grade for Boys.

For more details, see AAU Boys’ Basketball Eligibility requirements here: (https://aauboysbasketball.org/Rules/Boys-Basketball-Eligibility).

Please note, this rule change is effective immediately and will be revisited during the AAU National Convention by the National Sport Committee members in October 2024.

[Anonymous]

Girls have been playing on boys teams for years. AAU isn't a governing body outside of AAU sanctioned tournaments that most teams don't participate in

[Anonymous]

This will impact about 1% of teams that play grassroots basketball.

[Anonymous]

Would be nice if they could do something about the massive redshirting issue. 15 year olds playing real 6th graders is not fun for the real 6th graders and a very transitory victory for kids who can basically drive themselves to Spooky Nook

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would be nice if they could do something about the massive redshirting issue. 15 year olds playing real 6th graders is not fun for the real 6th graders and a very transitory victory for kids who can basically drive themselves to Spooky Nook

AAU is based on age https://image.aausports.org/dnn/boysbasketball/pdf/Eligibility-Rules.pdf If you don't like a tournament rule, complain to the orgainzers

[Anonymous]

Reclassing is a huge issue. Going to Spooky Nook is not even fun for most teams based on this sole issue. Not to mention how terribly run things are up there. DS would happily play with girls his own age and similar skill level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would be nice if they could do something about the massive redshirting issue. 15 year olds playing real 6th graders is not fun for the real 6th graders and a very transitory victory for kids who can basically drive themselves to Spooky Nook

AAU is based on age https://image.aausports.org/dnn/boysbasketball/pdf/Eligibility-Rules.pdf If you don't like a tournament rule, complain to the orgainzers

The vast majority of grassroots basketball does not have anything to do with AAU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would be nice if they could do something about the massive redshirting issue. 15 year olds playing real 6th graders is not fun for the real 6th graders and a very transitory victory for kids who can basically drive themselves to Spooky Nook

AAU is based on age https://image.aausports.org/dnn/boysbasketball/pdf/Eligibility-Rules.pdf If you don't like a tournament rule, complain to the orgainzers

The vast majority of grassroots basketball does not have anything to do with AAU.

Big tournaments use AAU eligibility rules

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would be nice if they could do something about the massive redshirting issue. 15 year olds playing real 6th graders is not fun for the real 6th graders and a very transitory victory for kids who can basically drive themselves to Spooky Nook

AAU is based on age https://image.aausports.org/dnn/boysbasketball/pdf/Eligibility-Rules.pdf If you don't like a tournament rule, complain to the orgainzers

The vast majority of grassroots basketball does not have anything to do with AAU.

Big tournaments use AAU eligibility rules

And they don't enforce them, don't check, or the coaches lie for their players. At national tournaments DC's team sometimes plays "Team [insert NBA player here]" with 2 known kids who play down. And DC's teammates know the kid(s) and joke with them about their age. DC's coach did approach the other coach who either brushed it off or said the kid had the proper documentation (forged?).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would be nice if they could do something about the massive redshirting issue. 15 year olds playing real 6th graders is not fun for the real 6th graders and a very transitory victory for kids who can basically drive themselves to Spooky Nook

AAU is based on age https://image.aausports.org/dnn/boysbasketball/pdf/Eligibility-Rules.pdf If you don't like a tournament rule, complain to the orgainzers

Tell me your kids never played AAU basketball without tell me your kids never played AAU basketball.

Unless the tournament enforces the age rules (and coaches know which ones do) there is all kinds of cheating going on.

[Anonymous]

Great Are we going to see a lot of co-ed teams now?