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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Birthdays really don't play a role at all when this is done right. The kids who should be bio-banding are exceptionally skilled but in the 1-5 percentile of growth charts relative to their age - be that a January or December birthday. Their puberty is also delayed typically. If a kid has gone through puberty and gained significant muscle mass but is still short/small - that would be a factor - as they are peaked out in terms of physical development and no need to make exceptions. Unfortunately, clubs are abusing this waiver system, which is a shame. [/quote]
"Abuse of the waiver system" doesn't matter. It's actually a good thing because it's forcing opposing players to play up but in a limited fashion. This is why nobody cares. If clubs wanted to win they could play their best players down. When this happens everyone knows what's going on. In this situation who is the winner? The players playing down and not being challenged? Or the players playing against better players that are a year older that are being challenged?[/quote]

There are kids in MLS Next playing up an age group who are going against bio-banded kids. It's now a two year difference

Several of the bio-banded kids are not physically underdeveloped [/quote]
Two years, so what?

You're talking about the best of the best talent. Playing up 1 or 2 years is normal.[/quote]

NP
I'm new to this.
Does every kid in MLS Next play 1 and 2 years up?

Wow, that is so different than say ECNL, or is that the case there too?[/quote]

It's Academy training philosophy vs pay to play or club training.

With Academy training the end goal is for players to play professionally and to get there in the shortest amount of time.

With pay to play the goal is to age bound players/teams so parents pay for club services as long as possible.

[b]This is why in MLSN playing up is common[/b]. [/quote]

This is confusing

If in MLS Next playing up 1 or 2 years is "normal" and common, how are we also having ongoing discussions about several area MLS Next teams doing bio-banding (kids playing down)

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Because in academy system, the kids capable of playing up should play up. The kids with promise who are not big enough to play with their age groups should play down until they physically mature. An academy isn't supposed to provide fair competition, it's supposed to produce professional players. [/quote]

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