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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]

Why not just be assumed a fool than open your mouth and prove it.
There's no normal

There is a big difference between a U16 playing U18 when the U16 is past puberty versus a U13 pre-puberty playing U15 already going through puberty. 
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You don't get it.

MLSN Academy players are recruited from all the different local teams.

Even if they're smaller the players are going to be good and used to playing up.[/quote]

Are you referring to Philly Union, DCU and Red Bulls etc as MLSN Academy players?
Or are you lumping in the Alexandrias and Achilles and West Virginias?

Also, wouldn't playing up in EDP and ECNL be different than playing up in MLS Next (if MLS Next is the best of the best and biggest)[/quote]
I'm speaking more conceptually and high level. Once you understand the general principles around biobanding and academy vs pay to play soccer things make much more sense.

Notice also that I'm not saying one style is better than another. Whichever makes your kid happy is where you want them to play.

The problem on forums like DCUM is that 80-90% of the commenters have girls and because of this only understand how girls youth soccer functions. They then try to apply their knowledge to boys and it doesn't work.[/quote]

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