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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I agree that hazing is not the correct term but it is a really unfair and dumb policy to not allow 6th graders to do sports.  First of all, two of the 4 sports in MS are no contact.  And second if they are not physically ready, then they will not make the team. And the sport seasons are so short anyway.

And if anyone argues that it is to have the kids focus on the transition to Middle School, then how come the 6th graders can do drama, math club, etc. that take up just as much time?  It really makes no sense, and Freshman in HS can play when there is even a bigger age difference.  Really dumb.....[/quote]

Freshmen in HS are usually on JV, which is 9th and 10th graders only. There are sometimes 9th grade girls on varsity teams, much less often 9th grade boys. There was one 9th grader on our Varsity soccer team this year but he was 6"1" so fit in physically. The Catholic schools actually have 9th grade teams, then JV and Varsity.  Still not hazing in my book.

Relax, he will get to play next year.  In the meantime there are lots of rec and club sports out there which offer much better coaching and competitive opportunities than MS sports.

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Yea, but if they can make it, they can make it in HS regardless of class, and many girls do make Varsity as freshman.  You have such a great agrument, "relax".  Well thought out. Of course they do not need it to make them a better player, they can get that by club sports.  I was just pointing out that there really is no good logic for it.  Why can they be in the school play and practice 15 hours a week and not run cross country for 5 hours a week?  Not talking about making them a star athlete from MS sports, not at all my point, just that it doesn't make any sense to exclude them from an extracurricular activity for no good reason.  [/quote]

People have pointed out the logic already.  Most MCPS middle schools have 1 sport a season, with about 20 spaces for girls, and 20 for boys.  So 40 out of 1,000+ kids.  If a middle schooler plays all 3 years, then that's another middle schooler who doesn't get to play at all.  Better to allow it for fewer years, and let more kids play.
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But that same logic "let more kids play" would hold true to only allow 7th and 8th graders be in the school play but that isn't done.  It is just a weird singling out in middle school sports.  It doesn't keep me up at night but I just do not see the consistent logic.  But I wouldn't use it in the context of hazing, just pointing it out. [/quote]

At my son's MCPS middle school, the school play is no cut.  Every kid who wants to participate gets a role, whether it's big or small or running the spotlight.  So the "let more kids play" argument doesn't apply at all.[/quote]

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