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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][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]

Do you often argue about things you obviously have no clue about? It's obvious you don't know the first thing about football so probably best to just bow out.[/quote]

You think football over an education is more important?   Makes zero sense. [/quote]

How was education negatively impacted for that kid? 
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Crickets.

So really no downside for redshirting this kid. Kid gets academics and athletics. 
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Are you so entitled that the pp is obligated to answer such a stupid question? [/quote]

Very defensive. Interesting.

It’s a simple question. And it has a simple answer.

That kid’s education is NOT negatively impacted by redshirting. So that parent really isn’t “putting football over academics” by redshirting. Kid gets both.

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So, you do put football over academics. [/quote]

Redshirting doesn’t negatively affect academics so…no. 
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Again, you value football over academics. [/quote]

No. For that kid they are equal. He loses nothing by redshirting. 
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Football will never be equal to academics. [/quote]

He chooses to do both.

He gets football. AND academics.

No downside for him to redshirt. 
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