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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any thoughts on whether ECNL leadership will bend the spring 2026 rules in support of trapped U-19 juniors? They are caught in an unfortunate holding pattern cutting them off during a critical recruiting year.  And by cut off I mean that at U-19, there are only 32 teams who make national playoffs (vs. 64 at U-17 for the rest of their junior class peers). There is also a May college showcase that excludes the U-19 teams these juniors play for because their teammates have graduated--but include the U-17 junior players.

Even if you are a top player on a top 32 team as a junior I imagine coaches have limited interest and budget to show up to May-July games where the majority of players have already graduated high school and are off the table to be recruited. It's a dead spring for the trapped juniors at the moment.

The new SY change will fix this issue which is great for future trapped juniors, but the 2008, junior trapped class will be hung out to dry without any fixes in Spring 2026 ....Given there are an average of 3-6 trapped players per U-19 team--the current guest policy really doesn't address the math of the problem for spring.... anybody have a prediction on whether there might be a fix? [/quote]

NO![/quote]

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