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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im glad thr 9/1+30 guy is forcing the 8/1 guy to see (kicking and screaming) that change can be good. 8/1 guy is just being a stubborn troll.

I agree with 9/1+30 that if leagues stay with 8/1 that they're going to implement a rule not allowing Aug birthdays to play fown. The reason for this is because there's no advantage in allowing playing down. In fact it actually causes problems as players get older with recruiters.[/quote]
The 8/1 troll monitors this thread. He's probably sleeping. In a couple of hours he'll be back pushing the same nonsense.

I don't understand what he gets from allowing Aug birthdays to play down. Maybe his kid is an Aug birthday and he views it as a way to make them a superstar.[/quote]

Not the 8/1 troll but the 8/1 cutoff isn’t “allowing” August birthdays to “play down.” If you’re born on August 1 or 31, you play with the same group of kids regardless of the grade you’re in. It was changed to the Aug cutoff (what it was before the BY experiment) because Aug kids can* play up to their grade, or with their grade. If it was a September cutoff, the Aug kids who were a grade below would not be allowed to play down with their grade because you can’t play down.

I’m not against the +30 idea either. I just don’t see leagues adopting anything other than a strict cutoff for the reasons that have already been stated.

I ageee it causes problems in the older ages, but that is going to be a short term problem that will be solved on an individual basis. As this new rule takes hold, you’ll see less and less Aug kids who would have to “play down” still playing soccer in the recruiting years. [/quote]

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