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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is totally annoying is that the sports don't coincide with the school cutoff. It's almost as if these sports teams are trying to get kids to redshirt. Why have a July 1st or July 31st cutoff when the school cutoff is Sept. 30? People should be asking these sports teams to change their cutoffs to at least Sept. 1st if not Sept. 30th. There's no reason children in August and Sept. should have to play on teams 1 year less than the year they are going to school for and have to compete against kids over a year apart from them if they do want to play with their school friends. I'm sure this is the real reason 3 of the 5 older kids I knew redshirted. That and to possibly have a better chance to get into AAP.[/quote]

Agreed.  I'm told from many parents they do it with boys to hope they get college scholarships in sports.  If a kid is that good, a year many not make a difference.[/quote]

Actually, sports is the one place where there is quite a bit of evidence that being older translates to a distinct advantage. Not so much for education in the long run, but for sports it is absolutely advantageous. [/quote]

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