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[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]
They wouldn't be playing down.  They'd be playing the correct school age.  If your kid is September,  they've currently been playing kids up to 8 months older and a grade up.  With the change your kid probably repeats what ever age group they've been playing and goes from being one of the younger players to one of the older players and playing with their school age group. It's just a change of perspective.  If they're good enough to then be asked to play up then they're being asked to play with kids a full year older and a full grade older. [/quote]

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