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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our club has a policy in our annual contract that says that there will be no level discussions with parents except to confirm levels during move-ups. It also says in writing that athletes should not expect to be moved up with their peers and that some will play up, repeat, or move up with their age groups.

Regardless of if your DD deserves to move up, the team has said no. They’re never going to change their mind because they don’t care about how your DD feels, or at least they care more about keeping that younger kid in their pipeline. We went through this and it hurt and it really sucked to watch someone new waltz in and bump my kid. Ultimately we knew we had zero agency because there are more kids who want to do the sport at that club than there are spots.

Time for a new team.[/quote]
It happens sometimes at high schools also, where the younger sibling of a varsity kid will automatically make the freshman or jv squad even if they're skill's not all there.[/quote]

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