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[/quote]You are trying way too hard and are just wrong.  Age groupings are just as arbitrary.  [b]Why does swim team have an August 1 cutoff[/b], school has a Sept 30 cutoff, some sports have a calendar year cut off, and camp has a requirement that you be the age at the time of registration (so anywhere between January and July, if the camp doesn't fill up)?   Peers aren't limited to those born the same month as you.

Social groupings matter.  Classmates matter.  It's not a race to finish your education before you die.[/quote]

Because otherwise, your 16 year old 9th grader will be competing against a 14 year old 8th grader in the same competition. Given average maturation rates, is that fair?[/quote]

It depends on the team and division.  Ours has a December cut off for year round.  Not sure what the summer cut off is but the summer is no big deal as it goes by speed/skill as well as age but the age is flexible by 3-4-5 years.  [/quote]

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