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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By and large, a kid with an August birthday in a Sept or later K start date should attempt to stay up and play with grade if possible. For recruiting, for social, etc.  But there are exceptions.

Very weak older team and very strong younger team. Where do you get the best development opportunities.

Very late maturing kid who would get more "fair" play playing with the younger team

Extremely good Older team where they would not actually play much and a weaker younger team where they could get on the ball significantly more.

What people seem to forget is that recruiting  is not only random scout at random showcase.

I cant emphasize enough that ID camps are one of the critical ways for kids to get seen by college of their choice. That is where coaches get to see them in a controlled environment, with coach dictated positions and match ups. And ID camps are by graduation year.

It is NOT cheating or skirting the system to play on a team that corresponds to your birthdate. It may be sub optimal for recruiting or social aspects but it is unequivocally not cheating.

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The part that you're missing is there's always the option of playing on the correct grade B team. If an Aug birthday isn't good enough for the A team thats their grade it shouldn't be assumed that they're good enough for the grade down A team. This is what many people here seem to be assuming on this thread. Maybe you play down and only make the B team. What do you do then?[/quote]You do what clubs and leagues say to do, play in your age assigned group. You are inventing convoluted solutions for problems that only exist for you and your daughter.[/quote]
Nothing is being invented. Below are the facts.

1. Play on a team with players your grade and your friends in school
2. Don't have a weird 9th grade where you play HS soccer but the rest of the team is in 8th grade.

These are the reasons Aug birthdays should play on a team thats their grade.
3. College recruiting will be 1000% easier [/quote]And yet you honestly say you don't want GY. Insane.[/quote]
The only thing people dont like about GY is the holdbacks/regrades. If you could group by grade and everyone was born in a 12 month window GY would work. Unfortunately this is not reality and why GY ruins youth sports. Theres always a parent that wants to make their kid a star by playing against other kids 1-2 years younger.

SY 8/1-7/31 with a rule that younger players play with their grade is perfect. It's GY without the holdbacks.[/quote]They also don't like that states have different schools date cutoffs, no real documentation on grades exist, home schooled kids don't have official grades, grades can change for kids kids, clubs would struggle to collect grade info....and more. Anything toward grade year is problematic in a country where grades are inconsistent.[/quote]
Thats why I keep saying "Leagues provide a recommendation that players play with their grade". You dont need to police the recommendation. Leagues just need to make it clear that they believe Aug (and younger) players that are a grade up should play with their grade level team. This is enough to shut the crazy person that keeps trying to normalize Aug birthdays playing down a grade.[/quote] Leagues already made their rule, play on age and grades don't matter. They don't have to make suggestions to teams to help your DD get that August kid off her team so she can get her starting spot back.[/quote]
Your moms yelling down the stairs into the basement. Sounds like she made your hotpockets again.[/quote]You have overused this copied joke to an anonymous forum when you are proven wrong time and time again. At least get a new joke when you are proven wrong next time.[/quote]

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