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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont understand people saying a switch to SY will eliminate the issue of athletic kids being left behind. There will still be a 12 month gap. The plight of the ber kids will shift to the plight of the summer kids. Except you then have to deal with various schools having different cut off dates and parents being allowed to red shirt as desired, so a 4th grader could be 9 or 11. That doesn't make sports teams more equitable in any way.

Birth year makes perfect logical sense and you cant argue your way in or out, its a basic number.[/quote]

It’s not by grade. It’s new cut off date that more align with school year but it doesn’t matter how many times u reclass the kid, he/ she will still be the same age group. You don’t get the benefit of reclassing the kids like basketball.[/quote]

Oh so people are using SY to actually mean just a different cut off date. I have an August boy who started school on time so is youngest in his grade. He plays on a travel team with kids mostly his grade, but some younger. An Aug 1 cut off would mean he is expected to play with kids almost exclusively in the grade below him. He would not like that, although he probably would be a stand out player. He is already one of the biggest and strongest players on his team.

Why wouldn't it be a Sept date to align better with schools?[/quote]

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