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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who started the term 'trapped' and why? Once again trapped by WHAT? Lack of talent? Size? Maturity? I don't get how a birthday traps anyone[/quote]

Trapped because they don't get a full club season in 8th grade while their BY peers are playing HS soccer. And trapped because junior year all the BY peers have already been recruited and stopped going to events. The major recruitment happens sophomore year when the trapped kids can't be recruited as they are freshman. College coaches are on record saying they don't bother with junior and senior teams in a showcase when the 10th graders are the next wave and need to be picked. That's why they are "trapped" not because of their size, maturity or skills. [/quote]

Im trying to understand how this would play out for aug and sept players who would play down a grade. I dont know much about college recruiting at all. What would happen to a 10th grader playing on a team with 9th graders? Or 11th with 10th, etc? Would they also lose out? Or is it not the same if playing with the grade younger somehow?[/quote]

Good question. I would think playing with a grade below would not be good because by the time scouts are recruiting your team, you’re already a year older. So if sophomore year is a bi lg recruiting year, you’d be on a 9th grade team where no scouts will come to watch. When your team is all sophomores, that’s when the scouts come so you’d essentially lose out on a year of recruiting it would seem. 
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I agree with this. Lets say someone on a 2012 team has an 8/15 birthday (a 7th grader in many states) so would have be able to either play "up" with their grade or down with 6th graders. I think I would prioritize 7th grade ECNL>7th grade ECRL>6th grade ECNL for the main reason of recruiting. I think you could really get lost being a 7th grader on a mostly 6th grade team. The only caveat might be if the 6th grade team is markedly better than the 7th grade teams
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I agree with the priority assuming there are spots on those teams and kids that get bumped down from the 2011s (using your example) don't take them. I think you could potentially get lost being a 7th grader on a 6th grade team, but you could also stand out more if you're that much bigger, more developed player, etc. But being in a different grade altogether mitigates those advantages in my opinion. How many parents of kids in those small windows (Aug birthdays with Sept 1 cutoff for school who started early) will look to "reclassify" their kids to be aligned with their grade? Won't debate pros and cons of "reclassifying/redshirting" because each kid and situation is different and I see both sides (academically, socially, sports/physically, etc.), but that is the other option for consideration assuming this passes (which it clearly is now, IMO)  [/quote]

Again, those of us with August birthday kids in a state where the enrollment cutoff is September 1st did not start them in school early.  We started them exactly when the rules said they should start.[/quote]

+1 and the cutoff in VA is September 30![/quote]

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