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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School year increases participation at the youngest ages, which increases the quantity and quality of players later. School year also eliminates trapped players in the MS/HS and HS/college transitions. It was a shortsighted switch to BY and it should be corrected. It will be a headache to correct, but it will be good for players (trapped players) and good for the system in the long run. [/quote]

No it is not an issue. It is not worth the effort for few the “trapped” players. Go play rec.[/quote]

Why are there so few trapped players? Oh, because they all drop out and stop playing.....[/quote]
And there will still be trapped players with SY.[/quote]
Since you are so knowledgeable please list all the school districts that begin the school year before 8/1. [/quote]

My son is an August birthday in a state where the enrollment cutoff is September 1st.  He'll go from playing with his grade level to playing with the class behind him who he has no connection to.[/quote]
So your child started school early?  With the change they can always play with classmates if that is what they want.   Nothing stops you from playing up,  it just may not be on the top team.   All these manufactured grievances are exhausting.  [/quote]

You’re reading this wrong. They didn’t start school late. They started when their state told them to start.  If the soccer start date is August 1 but a state’s school start date is Sept 1 then all the August kids in that state would now ‘trapped players’. Not because they started school early but because the soccer start date and their state’s school start date don’t align.

Pp - I have heard that there will likely be a mechanism for kids in states that have an official school cut off date later than August 1 to play with their appropriate grade level (so your August kid would play with their grade level). [/quote]

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