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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The arguments for changing the window are mostly about making it so that 8 year old are winning in 8&u not 9 year olds an so on up the age ladder. That’s really all anyone is saying. As a pp pointed out, Little league even did some research on the topic and found that parents, kids, and volunteers overwhelmingly supported the concept of not having 13 year olds dominate a 12&u league so they made the change a few years back. It’s not an outrageous idea. [/quote]

But all of your "solutions" have issues too. Move it to September and you'll have kids swim in the 9/10 age group who are 7 the entire season. Make it based on actual birthday and you'll have kids that age out of being on the team mid season. Change it to the date of the first meet and you'll have kids that can swim in the same age group 3 years in a row.

There is no issue with the current age cut off. It's a 24 month window (48 for the oldest age group). No one is "swimming down". Would you feel better if they changed the names of the age groups? Instead of 8U it would be "Birthday on or after June 2st 2013", "Birthday between June 1st 2013 and June 1st 2011", etc. Because that is what the age groups actually are. It's just a lot easier to say 8U, 9/10, etc.[/quote]

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