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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We homeschool our kids and play elite travel soccer.  This is awesome, we will hold our kids back a year or two now! #GametheSystem #Dominate![/quote]

I get the joke, but hypothetically, if they change the cutoff to Aug 1 - July 31, holding back would not game the system because they are still limited by the year/age cutoff. Now, if it was strictly graduation year cutoff, then yeah, you could hold back for however many years you wanted and little Johnny could be 15 playing with 12 year olds who have the same graduation year.

Under the proposed new cutoff, you could hypothetically hold back a kid that started school early (the Aug. kids) to put them in the grade below and on line with their new team, but that would not change anything with their placement in soccer.  [/quote]
That's all well and good but over time SY will become GY simply because it's easier to implement and addresses all the squeaky wheels. [/quote]

I agree, why they don’t go GY? The SY is not even a real SY with all the discrepancies in different schools and states. GY is easier to do. [/quote]

Because there can be a 16 month difference in ages in grades depending on if you start your kid early or late, and that shouldn't have a bearing on sports.[/quote]
These are the type of people you're going to be fighting against after switching from BY to SY.

And you'll end up just like the BY people that fought against switching to SY.

See how the slippery slope works?

And the reason GY people will get their way over time is because the people complaining will be parents. Not leagues, or clubs.[/quote]

ADVOCATES AGAINST CHANGE
-Short term disruption
-Q1 or Q2 average player parent
-Alignment with something to do with international norms?

ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE
-More engagement at U-little level
-College coaches want it as it aligns much more with college recruitment 
-Elmination of 95%+ trapped player issues
-Q3 Q4 average players

It would seem like it is pretty clear that if we are solving for what is best for the ALL of youth soccer, meaning make it better for the majority, the switch to School year makes the most sense. But I totally see the issues with clubs and the disruption as well as parents of kids that will be significantly impacted by potentially moving down a team.

There is no perfect solution. Sometimes you pick the least bad or fall back on pure Machiavellian precepts.[/quote]

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