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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I agree that hazing is not the correct term but it is a really unfair and dumb policy to not allow 6th graders to do sports.  First of all, two of the 4 sports in MS are no contact.  And second if they are not physically ready, then they will not make the team. And the sport seasons are so short anyway.

And if anyone argues that it is to have the kids focus on the transition to Middle School, then how come the 6th graders can do drama, math club, etc. that take up just as much time?  It really makes no sense, and Freshman in HS can play when there is even a bigger age difference.  Really dumb.....[/quote]

Freshmen in HS are usually on JV, which is 9th and 10th graders only. There are sometimes 9th grade girls on varsity teams, much less often 9th grade boys. There was one 9th grader on our Varsity soccer team this year but he was 6"1" so fit in physically. The Catholic schools actually have 9th grade teams, then JV and Varsity.  Still not hazing in my book.

Relax, he will get to play next year.  In the meantime there are lots of rec and club sports out there which offer much better coaching and competitive opportunities than MS sports.

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Yea, but if they can make it, they can make it in HS regardless of class, and many girls do make Varsity as freshman.  You have such a great agrument, "relax".  Well thought out. Of course they do not need it to make them a better player, they can get that by club sports.  I was just pointing out that there really is no good logic for it.  Why can they be in the school play and practice 15 hours a week and not run cross country for 5 hours a week?  Not talking about making them a star athlete from MS sports, not at all my point, just that it doesn't make any sense to exclude them from an extracurricular activity for no good reason.  [/quote]

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