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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, an August cutoff would mean that only kids that are 9 and 10 are competing in an age group that is labeled…wait for it….9 and 10. I could also say that the people pushing this hard for a June cutoff which enables 11 year olds to swim in a 9/10 age group must have kids with summer birthdays.[/quote]

An August cutoff would mean that my 8 year old with an end of July birthday would need to compete in the 9-10 age group.  The only way to have only kids in the 9-10 age group be only 9 or 10 would be to have a cutoff age date for each meet.  It would make it tough for those 8 year old with summer birthdays.  One week you're swimming 25s and the next week you're swimming 50s.  If your birthday falls just before all-stars but after divisional you no longer qualify because you've never even had the opportunity to swim the new event.  Does that sound more fair?[/quote]

Your 8y.o. is really no different than a kid born in May the same year.  Shifting the date just eliminates the "fairness" argument that he won the 8&u all-star or divisional meet as a 9y.o. [/quote]

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