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[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]
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]

I think OP is talking about the kids in that Aug/Sept birth months that are the youngest in their grades, but because of the proposed soccer cutoff, they will be playing with kids a grade below them. So they would be playing down from a school standpoint, but not playing down from the age cutoff standpoint. [/quote]

I guess that would be the way to look at it for a current teenager. For the future with youths at u8,9,10, it would shake out to playing appropriate age/school year going forward. I dont understand the parents just saying screw the kids that are trapped indefinitely.  If you can stop it from happening why wouldn't you[/quote]

No, it wouldn't shake out to playing appropriately in the future.  And it has nothing to do with age groups or being a teenager.  The problem described above for Aug/Sep kids will be a problem right after the change and in the future.  Which is why parents of kids in that situation are asking questions.  Its not saying "screw the kids trapped" by any means.  We are wondering if our kid will be trapped in a different way.  According to the new dates, my kid in U10 (born in Aug with a 1 Sept school grade cutoff date) will have to play up to play with their appropriate graduation class.  He is currently playing up and good enough to keep that up, but not always the case for everyone.  I think this deserves consideration and questions...not dismissive comments like "it will all work out".  It won't just work out for these kids...the cutoff dates for clubs and schools won't change.[/quote]

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