No, youth soccer doesn't work on the letter writing campaign system or have to adjust to pressure exhibited on an Internet forum. You are delusional if believe that the more you spam this site with waiver garbage that the more likely your wish casting will stick to the wall. |
SY+60 with a 9/1 cutoff would allow July birthdays in a specific grade to play down with their grade. If youre a July birthday but not in that grade you cant play down. Aug and July verification would require a birth cert and proof of grade in school. All other months of the year only need a birth cert. Players caught cheating will be forced to play with their grade and the team will forfeit games. Above is to address July birthdays Most people only want to address Aug birthdays so in this case SY+30 with a 9/1 cutoff works. |
Right, nobody will be allowed to play down. The ECNL leadership said on an earlier podcast that playing down was looked askew. 8/1 - 7/31 it is. |
This is exactly how it works and is exactly why ECNL changed from 9/1 to an 8/1 cutoff. |
No, it changed because clubs like SLSG and Indy Premier, who have a large voice, wanted 8-1 due to their home state school cut offs. Literally nobody is asking for a "plus system". Nobody except you I guess. |
What league is going with a 9/1 cutoff? Also, unfortunately the July birthdays wouldn't be allowed to play down be it is against the rules and they started school a year late. |
Some school districts start in July. Its a fact. |
Which ones? |
Ummm doofus MLSN+GA haven't announced what or if they play to do anything with SY yet. |
Oh FFS. Yes 2-3 states have 7-31 start dates. No state has an earlier start than 7-31. I have prided myself on not calling anyone names on here but you have tested that at this point. |
It wouldn't matter if I posted a link showing the districts that start in July you wouldn't believe it or youd discount them saying that theres so few it doesnt matter. However with SY+60 it doesnt matter because a parent with a july birthday kid would need to hold them back in school to take advantage of playing down. |
People keep talking like MLSN and GA are tied at the hip. They have a loose alliance but are run by completely different organizations. I think the true top MLS teams will probably stay BY, as will ODP, but all others, including GA, are going 8-1. |
MO, KY, ND and HI have 7-31 start dates. I, for one, am ok with making it 8-1 +32. Why 32? To take into account those 4 states with the 7-31 start date AND to address potential time zone changes between HI and EST. S/ just in case it is needed |
Okay, so do you not see the hypocrisy of your proposal? You are allowing players to cheat by playing below their biological age cutoff!!! |
It's fine that people think they have a better solution to a year-long age range by adding +30 or +60. But let's be real, what is the likelihood of this actually happening? My guess is zero.
They already changed it to 8/1. People may think this means they can change it a 3rd time. I actually think the opposite - they already put a lot of time and data into correcting to 8/1, likely already considered options like GY and +30 before changing it again, and would give teams less prep time by changing it again. The whole point of announcing a year in advance was to give teams time to prepare, not to allow for soccer mommy and daddy disagreements to lead to more changes. They changed to 8/1 because they overlooked school district data. Commenters act like the powers that be didn't already consider +30 or +60 already, like it's some genius new idea that can only be learned on a soccer mom message board. They already considered this idea and it gained zero traction. It ain't gonna happen. This thread is made for discussions like this, but that's as far as it'll go. |