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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering over half my kid’s club team wouldn’t be allowed to play on his team this summer, I think it will definitely affect the sport- in a positive way. [/quote]

Was at the futures tournament over the weekend for my kids tournament. I'd say about 75% of the parents were very happy about the changes*. There was a very vocal minority of about 25% of the parents that were clearly perturbed by the changes. Most these parents had kids that would be defined as holdbacks that wouldn't fall in that 15 month window. Some of this group calmed down when they realized their kid wasn't going to lose a year but would play 5 years at the HS level.  A small set of this negative group were mad that the summer wasn't extended farther back or not implemented this fall but have a more gradual implementation - though no one could propose any realistic way to do that instead of the current rip the band aid off.

There was also a group (comprised of the positive and negative people from above) that instead of the 15 month window wanted a straight birth year system similar to soccer.

*I think I've said this before while the NLF is proposing it, it will be up to the tournaments (like Hogan et al.) and the club leagues like HOCO to agree to the changes. There is certainly an incentive for some like HOCO to not agree to the changes since the changes could in theory mean less money in their pocket.[/quote]

Too bad for those undersized parents and kids who now will get run over.[/quote]

This rule will help a lot more undersized kids than it hurts...[/quote]

Precisely. Everyone is the same age. If you are smaller (or undersized) that is the way of life. Now, you won't have kids 2 years older than some kids playing at the same level.

I'm old, but in youth sports in my time. If you were good, you played up not down.[/quote]

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