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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]U16/U17/19 ECNL showcases will be grad year.
So if you’re a an Aug born player but a grade ahead of schedule you will play with your graduating year class for showcases. Same with hold backs from what I was told.

League play and younger age groups will be under a different format.[/quote]
Nobody wants this.

What will happen is showcases will become like talent IDs where parents of a certain team/grade pay for the Showcase but players hand chosen from 2-3 age groups get to attend.

Just have Aug birthdays play with their grade and everyone [b]thats paying for the event[/b] is happy.[/quote]Clearly the leagues want this.[/quote]
Leagues dont care. College coaches want this because it makes Club soccer like HS soccer.

The problem is parents pay for events like Showcases. What this means is you cant have players from older teams who didnt pay for the Showcase rostering or playing in place of those that did. [/quote] Leagues care otherwise they wouldn't make the change. Logic 101[/quote]
If a league like ECNL stated doing GY showcases players would flock to GA assuming they kept things normal. Theres way more parents with players that pay their dues and play the correct grade than there are crazy parents looking to play down. Parents that pay the bills wont stick around if this is where things go.[/quote]

I thought you were all for playing by grade for recruiting? Let's design it for the coaches. This doesn't compute.[/quote]
I am all for playing by grade.

I just dont want older players playing down against players 1-2 years younger.

SY 7/1-8/31 with a rule that Aug birthdays play with their grade gives you all players at a game a certain grade but no holdbacks.[/quote]

Well, contact the leagues, I guess. I think you're overthinking it, too. That's not what they're saying.[/quote]
It's hard to get things through to the powers that be. Unfortunately soccer people arent known for thinking things through. Its mostly meatheads trying to push through the things theyve been told works from other meatheads [/quote]Have you thought about starting a league and running it to show them how it is done? And then take action(s) to start said league?[/quote]
Wish I could, unfortunately not my business type.

But I do understand Calanders, Math, and Finances. There's ways to address all the issues with SY. GY showcases are not the answer.[/quote]Until you follow through, you don't get a vote and only arrogance would lead you to believe that you should be taken seriously compared to those in leagues that do this for a living and have earned their stripes.[/quote]
Yea, I agree. Stupid people tend to do stupid things.[/quote]Are you responding to the wrong comment?[/quote]

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