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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You dont create solutions that address 90% of the issue. Ignoring the other 10%. Same thing with Aug birthdays you cant just let them choose if they want to play with their grade or play down a grade. This is the issue.

What will happen over time is more school districs will start earlier. Which will expand the 10% youre ignoring to 15% or even higher. Also  because Aug is the oldest player possible for an age group there will be more of them over time. If theres more Aug birthdays there will be more Aug birthdays choosing to play down a grade.

By choosing to ignore these issues youve created a ticking time bomb that will only get worse over time. The squeaky wheels will get louder and louder. Once it hits a certain threshold soccer will address the issue in the dumbest way possible. Most likely with a league approved individual waiver program. Which club docs and coaches will exploit selling to the highest bidder. (This happened with DA and HS soccer waivers)

People that have been around youth soccer for a while know exactly what will happen next. People that understand math and trajectories over time also know exactly what will happen next.

Address the issues now with something like SY+30 or even SY+60 and all future issues go away.[/quote]No, of course entities go with a solution that solves 90 percent of the problem all of the time.[/quote]
Why not address 100% of the issues day 1 after switching from BY to SY?[/quote]Because only grad year solves 100 percent but is open to the criticism of an age window over 12 months. 8/1 solves 98 percent of the problem, it worked well until a euro weenie for hire butchered things. We are just resetting things to a time when things worked better.[/quote]
SY+30 with a 9/1 cutoff gives the same end solution as GY. You end up with all players on the field graduating the same year. Which is exactly what recruiters want.

What SY+30 with a 9/1 cutoff does not allow is regrades playing down. GY allows this and is where you end up with 16 year old freshman or 20 year old high school seniors.

[/quote]If SY+30 gives you the same end solution as GY, you are making an argument for GY. Most surveyed prefered a straight 12 month window without waivers though.[/quote]
No i dont agree with letting players play down. It creates situations where table stakes for playing a sport becomes being held back several years in school. This is the issue with GY. [/quote]Right, nobody will be allowed to play down. The ECNL leadership said on an earlier podcast that playing down was looked askew. 8/1 - 7/31 it is. [/quote]
If ECNL leadership is saying that they're against players playing down. A single 8/1 cutoff date with an unwritten rule for Aug birthdays to not play down a grade is the same thing as SY+30 with a 9/1 cutoff. The only difference is that SY+30 addresses the issue with a written rule while ECNL plans to address it with an unwritten rule.

Which solution do you think will make SY challenges a thing of the past?

Which solution do you think will make SY challenges pop up again and again?[/quote]

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