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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH hates this, too. We’ve heard multiple times about kids whose parents say they “play up”. No, you just redshirted your kid and they are playing with the grade they are technically allowed to be in.[/quote]

I don’t follow this at all.  If you redshirt/reclass/holdback your kid, he/she is playing with kids who are grade/age behind.  So he/she is the oldest kid on the team.  He/she should be in 9th grade but they’re playing with other 8th graders.  How is this described as “playing up”??  It’s playing down if anything…[/quote]

I think redshirt is the term used academically too.

So the parents redshirted their kids for school by holding them back one year.

But then when it comes to sports, since most leagues go by birthdate, these kids end up having to play with others one grade higher than them.

And is why some of the parents are claiming that their kids are playing up a level because of this.

But the argument that OP and others are trying to make is that these kids are really just playing at the level they're supposed to be. And are not actually playing up a level.[/quote]

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