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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.[/quote]

Not very bright then?   Guess sports are more important than academics.  Not something to brag about.  [/quote]

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid? [/quote]

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?[/quote]

This makes zero sense.  [/quote]

What? A football obsessed kid didn't get to play football one year because the whole season was canceled. So he repeated a year of high school. For football. Thus he will be 19 when he graduates. What's not to understand? This is a rare reason why there might be someone that old in high school. Not one other person has offered any explanation why there might be a 19 y/o senior. Why do you think there are kids 19-20 in school if that's what the giant concern in this thread is about? Do you know any kids that old in school or is this whole thread a big to do about nothing?[/quote]

I don’t get why you would hold your child back for sports.  No football for one season,  if deal.  They can still train.  [/quote]

It’s not my child. Football is a different beast. It’s about actual play time and games. Training in a vacuum isn’t going to be the same. I wouldn’t expect most people here to understand. But you realize football is a big deal to universities, right? This shouldn’t be new information.[/quote]

Any decent university is not going to expect a student to be held back for football.  It’s sad that the parents priority is football and not academics.   If they are good enough they’d be fine.  [/quote]

Decent academic universities and decent football universities are not really the same honestly. If the kid is really a top prospect, it’s not unusual for there to be “older” redshirting. I had a classmate back in the 90s who was considered a top prospect as early as middle school growing up. He did repeat 8th grade at a Catholic school and then went back to public school for 9th at a “better” HS football school in the area. Yes the whole thing is sort of shady, but he did go to a big football college on a full scholarship, was drafted into the NFL and played 5 seasons. If you have a top prospect you move heaven and earth for them. But the point is sports redshirting is pretty rare in the whole population but more common for the big recruited sports especially when you can figure out how to move (or “move”) and get your kid into a better HS football program, increasing their chances of being noticed by recruiters. [/quote]

If you are holding a kid back for a sport(specially football) the kid is not a good prospect. The level of athleticism needed for a top 10 college football and the NFL is very elite. These elite athletes can and do complete and do very well against kids 2-3 years old. In football the school has freshmen, JV and varsity. There is absolutely no reason to hold a kid back for football. 
Seriously the kid was held back for other reason not football. Being held back for for sports is usually done for marginal players.

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LOL, no. You really don't know what you are talking about. Plenty of top athletes in various sports "reclass" in high school to get an extra year.

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PP, also adding that the lost COVID year is probably a bigger deal for football players than any other sport. Club football isn't really a thing.[/quote]

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