ECNL moving to school year part 2

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

Late developers via MLSN is the only loophole to play down. But calling is a loophole could be considered inaccurate.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Under BY grade didn't matter same with SY. Individual people don't get to pick the rules.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Parents aren't excited. You seem to be excited to shame them (not a good look). In reality, some actually will want their kids to play up an age to be in the same grade. Others won't. It all depends on the kid. Clubs should only play kids up if they're good enough on the field.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Under BY grade didn't matter same with SY. Individual people don't get to pick the rules.

Grade in school most certainly matters. You're just choosing to ignore it. Doesn't matter though your coach wont ignore grade in school and they decide the roster not you.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Under BY grade didn't matter same with SY. Individual people don't get to pick the rules.

Grade in school most certainly matters. You're just choosing to ignore it. Doesn't matter though your coach wont ignore grade in school and they decide the roster not you.

You like to argue a bit too much.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Parents aren't excited. You seem to be excited to shame them (not a good look). In reality, some actually will want their kids to play up an age to be in the same grade. Others won't. It all depends on the kid. Clubs should only play kids up if they're good enough on the field.

There is shame playing on a team a grade down. You just haven't heard the parents laughing at you and your kid behind your back yet.

Theres no shame playing on the B team with players your kids grade in school.

Except the parents who are pissed that they have to take kids who are the youngest on the team hurting their chances.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Parents aren't excited. You seem to be excited to shame them (not a good look). In reality, some actually will want their kids to play up an age to be in the same grade. Others won't. It all depends on the kid. Clubs should only play kids up if they're good enough on the field.

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Anonymous wrote:So talking with a friend of mine at the ECNL showcase this weekend. Also I’ll say he told me last summer at surf cup about the age change that was coming and has some very reliable people that he knows. Here is the info I got. It sounds like the Aug hater might get their way and kids will play within their grade within the new 12 month window.
Well sort of…

According to him ECNL is most likely breaking into 3 different groups. Youngers U10-12 and U13-15 and older recruiting ages U16,17,19.
U10-15 will no longer play showcases but will have various cups throughout the year with divisions and tournament champions. Strong RL teams will be invited to these as well.

U10-15 will be based only off the Aug to July 12 month window. However U16/17 will be based off players grades between that 12 month window. So some kids will be pushed up for showcases so they will play against kids within their same grade. League play is still tbd. He didn’t know for sure.
U19 will be for any player who is a senior in high school, age will not matter as long as they are under 19 at the start their club season.

He also has more questions than answers at this point but this is what’s being discussed by ECNL/US Club admin team.

Good luck with all that.

Instead of making things ridiculously complicated. Just implement a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school.

Do this and all the issues go away.

Or make everything stupid complicated and watch while GA implements a rule that Aug and younger players must play with their grade in school. GA will look more professional because they're not letting players play down a grade and everything will be less complicated for GA to implement.

If Aug and younger players arent good enough for the A team with their grade they should play on the B team with their grade. They'll develop faster playing up with players their grade in school.

Most clubs will put aug and younger players on their grade B team because they don't want to deal with players playing on a grade down team. But also theres likely more roster spots available on the b team and nobody will want short timers playing down a grade on A team rosters.

People who understand RAE would suggest that being the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids. Unless you selfishly don't want to have to compete with older kids and are trying to shame them into playing up which is clearly your bad intention, you would get this. Kick and scream all you want, you are selfish and self centered.

This is what B teams are designed for.

Please explain how RAE affects B teams. I'll wait.

Suggesting younger and often smaller kids be assigned to lower level teams is a big reason why the national teams struggle. When coaches don't pick players based on talent but instead pick them on size to get wins when the sizes catch up the younger/smaller players will have moved on and the bigger players won't be very good soccer players. On the boys side there is value in them having a different age cutoff to combat RAE than the other leagues but economics won't allow this to stay very long.

I never suggested anything of the sort but nice try RAE lover.

I said if your kid doesnt make the A team thats why B teams exist.

In response to "the youngest is the worst scenario for almost all kids" you said that is what B teams are for.

Its hard for some people to accept realty. With the BY to SY switch they think they found a loophole for playing down.

It's only a loophole in your mind.

And all the parents excited to play down a grade against younger players.

Parents aren't excited. You seem to be excited to shame them (not a good look). In reality, some actually will want their kids to play up an age to be in the same grade. Others won't. It all depends on the kid. Clubs should only play kids up if they're good enough on the field.

There is shame playing on a team a grade down. You just haven't heard the parents laughing at you and your kid behind your back yet.

Theres no shame playing on the B team with players your kids grade in school.

Do not judge, or you too will be judged - Matthew 7:1

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The "shame" guy is the same guy that said GA wasn't going to go SY. This is just pure panic.

His kid is a solid player but not enough for anyone of note to notice so doing anything and everything they can to tilt the playing field to benefit his kid.

The irony is that this is the guy so ready to call out everyone else as cheaters who are simply following the rules given.

At some point DCUM needs to do away with anonymous posting so more constructive dialogue can take place. Or at least give the thread author the option of having anonymous posters or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The "shame" guy is the same guy that said GA wasn't going to go SY. This is just pure panic.

His kid is a solid player but not enough for anyone of note to notice so doing anything and everything they can to tilt the playing field to benefit his kid.

The irony is that this is the guy so ready to call out everyone else as cheaters who are simply following the rules given.

At some point DCUM needs to do away with anonymous posting so more constructive dialogue can take place. Or at least give the thread author the option of having anonymous posters or not.

I wish a moderator would step in and do something. How many posts does this guy have to have removed before they ban his IP address? He makes me appreciative my kids play with such a nice group of kids and families.

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Anonymous wrote:The "shame" guy is the same guy that said GA wasn't going to go SY. This is just pure panic.

His kid is a solid player but not enough for anyone of note to notice so doing anything and everything they can to tilt the playing field to benefit his kid.

The irony is that this is the guy so ready to call out everyone else as cheaters who are simply following the rules given.

At some point DCUM needs to do away with anonymous posting so more constructive dialogue can take place. Or at least give the thread author the option of having anonymous posters or not.

Hahaha you probably post over 100x a day on this thread and more than 1/2 of the time you respond to yourself.

We all get that you want GY but sorry its not going to happen in soccer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The "shame" guy is the same guy that said GA wasn't going to go SY. This is just pure panic.

His kid is a solid player but not enough for anyone of note to notice so doing anything and everything they can to tilt the playing field to benefit his kid.

The irony is that this is the guy so ready to call out everyone else as cheaters who are simply following the rules given.

At some point DCUM needs to do away with anonymous posting so more constructive dialogue can take place. Or at least give the thread author the option of having anonymous posters or not.

I wish a moderator would step in and do something. How many posts does this guy have to have removed before they ban his IP address? He makes me appreciative my kids play with such a nice group of kids and families.

I wish a moderator would ban you.

You keep keep trying to tell parents that playing down is ok and when its not.

Its all because you want to change soccer into a GY sport.

[Anonymous]

It's funny how his critics make excellent points and then he pivots to something slightly different -- GY. Doubly funny is there's hardly been a pro-GY person in either thread!

All most people want here is to stick to the 12-month age group and leave playing up based on ability.

Instead, we get someone trying to label something within the rules as playing down. Not needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny how his critics make excellent points and then he pivots to something slightly different -- GY. Doubly funny is there's hardly been a pro-GY person in either thread!

All most people want here is to stick to the 12-month age group and leave playing up based on ability.

Instead, we get someone trying to label something within the rules as playing down. Not needed.

It is truly bizarre. I cannot imagine dealing with someone like this in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny how his critics make excellent points and then he pivots to something slightly different -- GY. Doubly funny is there's hardly been a pro-GY person in either thread!

All most people want here is to stick to the 12-month age group and leave playing up based on ability.

Instead, we get someone trying to label something within the rules as playing down. Not needed.

What you're not hearing is that parents wont decide which teams clubs choose to roster players coaches and docs will.

Not allowing players to play down and rostering aug and younger players on the B team with players their grade in school makes things easier for the club and is better for the player.