ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DPL is just making stuff up. No organization in youth soccer actually considering this change.

Dang so DPL says discussion going on for much of the year. So seems like it pre-dates ECNL's first podcast by a few months.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

[Anonymous]

If this ends up happening there's going to be all kinds of trapped GA and ECNL players taking an age level down roster spots.

Haha watch the moms moan and cry then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

Hopefully they only go with grad year for Soph to Senior year. By then for most top level teams the physical differences won’t be as apparent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

Hopefully they only go with grad year for Soph to Senior year. By then for most top level teams the physical differences won’t be as apparent.

Every level of complexity added makes the rules harder to enforce.

Count on leagues doing the laziest thing possible which means whatever grade in school is the level you play in.

Before above happens count on leagues providing all kinds of special waivers for private school kids and players from districts that have odd cutoff dates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

Hopefully they only go with grad year for Soph to Senior year. By then for most top level teams the physical differences won’t be as apparent.

Every level of complexity added makes the rules harder to enforce.

Count on leagues doing the laziest thing possible which means whatever grade in school is the level you play in.

Before above happens count on leagues providing all kinds of special waivers for private school kids and players from districts that have odd cutoff dates.

Ughh!! This is going to be madness!!!

[Anonymous]

“Regardless of the outcome, we will adapt and provide clear guidance to help navigate any transition smoothly.”

Any thought on this quote from the DPL announcement?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

Hopefully they only go with grad year for Soph to Senior year. By then for most top level teams the physical differences won’t be as apparent.

Every level of complexity added makes the rules harder to enforce.

Count on leagues doing the laziest thing possible which means whatever grade in school is the level you play in.

Before above happens count on leagues providing all kinds of special waivers for private school kids and players from districts that have odd cutoff dates.

Ughh!! This is going to be madness!!!

Welcome to the reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in 2018.

Watch, the trapped player parents are going to be happy as a clam playing down with their age grouo while the Jan 1st birthday kids who used to be superstars get booted.

Which will end up with an all new group of parents complaining

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Regardless of the outcome, we will adapt and provide clear guidance to help navigate any transition smoothly.”

Any thought on this quote from the DPL announcement?

Sounds like however things shakenout BY or SY DPL will make things work and communicate with the players to make their transition or no transition smooth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

Hopefully they only go with grad year for Soph to Senior year. By then for most top level teams the physical differences won’t be as apparent.

Every level of complexity added makes the rules harder to enforce.

Count on leagues doing the laziest thing possible which means whatever grade in school is the level you play in.

Before above happens count on leagues providing all kinds of special waivers for private school kids and players from districts that have odd cutoff dates.

Ughh!! This is going to be madness!!!

Welcome to the reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in 2018.

Watch, the trapped player parents are going to be happy as a clam playing down with their age grouo while the Jan 1st birthday kids who used to be superstars get booted.

Which will end up with an all new group of parents complaining

No reason for people to complain what I have learned from reading this forum is RAE doesn’t matter and late BY kids just aren’t as good had nothing to do with them being younger and less physical developed. So don’t worry everyone will be fine and teams won’t change at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Regardless of the outcome, we will adapt and provide clear guidance to help navigate any transition smoothly.”

Any thought on this quote from the DPL announcement?

Sounds like however things shakenout BY or SY DPL will make things work and communicate with the players to make their transition or no transition smooth.

How do you make no transition smooth? If nothing changes wouldn’t you just do the same thing? This makes me think it’s going to change regardless for some leagues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone catch this? Does this mean some will decide to not change? Or if is soccer says no some will change anyways?

While the decision will ultimately be made by US Soccer, the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies. Our focus remains on ensuring that our league is prepared, regardless of the outcome.

DPL is saying that overall it's US Soccer decision.

DPL is also saying that if US Soccer doesn't give certain leagues what they want they'll likely go SY on their own.

So basically not much has changed and we still don't have a statement from US Soccer on the matter.

I was trying to understand that statement? Didn’t know what they meant by “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies”.

To me it sounded like maybe ECNL will goto grad year potentially if approved?

The statement “the implementation could vary across sanctioning bodies” could mean a lot of things.

I assume it means that with some leagues SY cutoff would be Aug 1. But in other leagues it might mean SY cutoff is whatever grade players are enrolled in.

BTW 16 year old held back freshman playing against 13 and 14 year old freshman is one of the major reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in back in 2018.

Hopefully they only go with grad year for Soph to Senior year. By then for most top level teams the physical differences won’t be as apparent.

Every level of complexity added makes the rules harder to enforce.

Count on leagues doing the laziest thing possible which means whatever grade in school is the level you play in.

Before above happens count on leagues providing all kinds of special waivers for private school kids and players from districts that have odd cutoff dates.

Ughh!! This is going to be madness!!!

Welcome to the reasons why US Soccer changed to BY in 2018.

Watch, the trapped player parents are going to be happy as a clam playing down with their age grouo while the Jan 1st birthday kids who used to be superstars get booted.

Which will end up with an all new group of parents complaining

It wouldn’t be the January superstars. What you will probably see happen if anything will be some May-July kids lose their spots on average. But great players will be fine regardless. It will be the kids who are currently Jan to July who are subs lose spots to kids who are subs or start from the Aug to Dec camp from the age group above.