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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m confused. Do people think there is some advantage to an August kid playing down a grade as opposed to an August kid playing on grade? [/quote]
Yes you are confused.

Aug birthdays playing down (typically for wins at a younger age) causes problems when they get older. This is because college coaches wont know how to evaluate them because they're Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors playing against players a year younger than they are in school. What will happen is recruiters will just ignore the player and they'll get screwed out of playing in college.[/quote]

So college coaches can’t read what year the players they are watching will graduate? How have they been evaluating the Aug - Dec trapped kids all these years?

With the cutoff being Aug, it allows those Aug kids to play up if they want or play “down.” Not sure what the problem is. If they’re good enough to be recruited in college (since you’re worried about the college coaches ability to read) then they can play up without any issues.

Also, making it sound as if an August kid playing down is some sort of huge advantage for the kids team because of their grade. That’s not the case and no more an advantage than having a team with a bunch of Jan kids. [/quote]

To answer your question --- yes -- most college coaches cannot figure out when people will graduate and it makes trapped players have a tougher road.  Of course they know once they have invested time in you but before that -- no.[/quote]Showcases going grade year will make figuring grades out pretty easy.[/quote]

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