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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]I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.[/quote]
It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.[/quote]

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.[/quote]
Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.[/quote]I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.[/quote]
It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.[/quote]

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.[/quote]
So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.[/quote]
Or they play in their correct age range at the younger ages recieve all the benefits that go along with being on a first team,  and post puberty when the age advantage is diminished realign with their grade based team.   This is for families to choose,  not some internet warrior. [/quote]
You should really just play rec.[/quote]AI just translated your comment as "Please play rec because I am trying to helicopter the rules so my Sept girl is the oldest and that August girl that is better and plays her position is banished."[/quote]

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