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Older kids get the advantage in sports, studies have been done. Google Malcolm Gladwell's
"Relative Age Effect" from his book The Tipping Point. It found that the OLDEST kids in each year's hockey class were more likely to go to the NHL! Older/bigger kids do better from the start, end up with more playing time, more attention from coaches, etc etc. which leads to star athletes. All because they started out older and bigger than everyone else.

It is a real advantage over everyone else. Not only in hockey, this just quantifies it and explains it.

Extrapolate for any other sport or academic area. Older, more articulate (age based language milestones), more attentive (developmental skill), more able to think abstractly (developmental skill), etc etc. Means more success in school, more positive attention, more responsibility, etc which could lead to academic advantages that everyone else does not automatically get. 
But not because the student earns it, but because they are just OLDER than everyone else.

Let's not confuse the issue with the original meaning of the term "red shirting" which is specific to college sports, eligibility rules etc. Just borrowed for early childhood.[/quote]

Academics should come first and smart kids will be fine. [/quote]

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