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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. Honestly if they want to change it then it needs to be birth year like soccer. That way there isn’t any switching of age groups in the middle of a 5 week season. As another poster said that messes up practice times too. [/quote]

soccer is only like this for travel- if you play rec soccer you play with your grade level.
In terms of practice times- that is up to your team- the team can choose to have kids practice whenever they want and with whatever age group they want.
I swam for the NVSL when you aged up mid season.  My kids swim now with the June 1st rule.  We don't benefit from it (winter birthdays) but it is what it is.  I see both sides, and basically think they just need a clear rule.  The June 1st rule works.  They could age mid season.  They could set the age as of Aug 1st.  (e.g. USA triathalon goes by birth year, so if you have a December birthday and will turn 11, but run a triathalon in the summer when you are 10, you will run as an '11 year old.')   No matter when the cutoff is some kids will be advantaged and some kids will be disadvantaged.   
I think the 19 year olds swimming is a red herring- very very few kids come back to swim for the NVSL after their freshman year of college.  
It makes more of a difference for 8 and under's, less every year after that.  [/quote]

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