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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is an 8th grader in FCPS.  Next year he will be going to a large FCPS high school.  He loves sports but isn't a super star.  The only no-cut sport at the high school he will go to is football.

He keeps begging to play football because he wants to be on a school team and play a sport for his high school.  [b]I wish FCPS would get rid of the freshman football team that they have to beg for players for and add boys volleyball, or freshman soccer, or something else.   
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I keep saying no because I care about his brain. [/quote]

Having a freshman football team is important for development.   Boys typically (not always) go through puberty/growth at the end of middle school/early high school.   It's not great to throw these smaller boys (freshmen) in with the "big boys" (juniors and seniors) in such a physical game.   A previous poster alluded to the need for players to learn to tackle against other players their size and they were right.
As far as freshman teams in other sports, that came up on a different thread a few weeks ago.   To have a team, you have to have other teams to play against.   Take a look at the other teams your kid's future high school plays against-not all of them are in FCPS, right?   So it's not just FCPS that would have to get a freshman team, but other local school districts as well...who in turn would have to get all the teams from other districts to get freshman teams....etc.   Basically all of VHSL would have to be onboard with the freshman teams.[/quote]

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