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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do we need SY +30 if we are trying to make it all kids in lay in their SY.  Just make it SY period.  No date.  That way Aug and Sept kids that are above the cutoff still can lay “up” with their school year and are in the correct recruiting class.  Plain old SY solves everything.  [/quote]
If you have to change from BY to SY I agree with you.

The problem with what you're suggesting is parents will hold back / regrade their kids so they're the biggest and oldest on the team. (16 year old freshman / 20 year old seniors in HS)

So you need a way to only allow players that are a certain grade AND a certain age on the team. This is what SY+30 does.[/quote]

Except it's not needed ... All you need is to keep a hard 12-month window that allows kids to play up based on ability. There's no reason to prohibit an Aug. bday playing on a team that's a grade below. Now, if you want to play with your grade, that's possible -- but no guarantee as the level of play you might find. What's already out there is enough. Adding SY+30 only creates more problems by limiting people's flexibility.[/quote]
You still dont understand how a calendar works.

8/1 with a rule saying Aug birthdays cant play down is the same thing as SY+30. The difference is enforcement is reactive instead of proactive. What this does is guarantee that all players on the field are a certain grade in school and not older playing down. You get the best of both worlds. No GY nonsense and all players are a certain grade in school during games.

All ECNL has to do is implement a no Aug birthdays playing down rule and their issues are solved.

The person pushing for a "hard 12 month eligibility" whatever will eventually have to capitulate because they're fighting against math. Unfortunately because school districts start at different dates theres just no way to make what they want work the way they want it to.[/quote]

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