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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]As the oldest, August players have the highest chance to play in college under SY.[/quote]

Except for any Aug players forced to play up because of grade. Then, they become the youngest. So stupid of an idea.[/quote]
Not even close to the dumb idea of playing down a grade and thinking that college coaches wont notice.[/quote]

The truth is being misaligned will make it harder just like it'll be harder if you are forced to play up. Both would be an extra hurdle to overcome. Not impossible in either case for the talented/hardest working but it would stymie many others in either situation. Interestingly, with how it's shaking out, we'll have clubs some clubs that go with grade and the oldest and others who make it case-by-case.[/quote]
Correct being misaligned will make college recruiting much harder. To address there are two options. Play up with your grade or get held back a year in school. Either way you'll align grade in school with level played in club. Most rational people in this situation will choose to play on the correct grade team.

Why go through all the challenges of being an oddball. Just play your kid on a correct grade team from a young age. When it matters they'll be used to playing at the grade level college coaches are looking for.[/quote]
That doesn't mean you always need to play with your grade though.   Especially for girls when they are 14 or 15 they can realign to play with their grade.   They will be done growing at that point and the RAE effect is much much less than it is when they are Ulittle ages.  [/quote]
Thats a lot of extra effort just to use rae to justify playing on a grade down on an A team. You dont think these type of players wont piss off correct grade parents? You dont think these type of players wont become a problem for 8th grade teams when they're playing HS soccer for 3 months during the season? You think correct grade teams will welcome a less developed player from a lower grade team? [/quote]Switching teams isn't extra effort, it is often what is required as kids get older to put them in position to play in college regardless of being misaligned or not. Others parents are always pissed, nobody cares, welcome to travel. If you are positioning you kid to keep other parent happy, you are parenting wrong. Players aren't welcomed to new teams, they just show up. Thinking a team is some kind of democracy is your problem, it doesn't work that way.[/quote]
You are completely selfish and wrong. Coaches / Clubs will filter out parents like you after a couple of seasons. Seen it happen multiple times. Unless your kid is a unicorn which I doubt is the case since all you want to do is play down. [/quote]

These parents aren't filtered out. They club hop and if they're kid is good enough, they've got them on the top MLSN/GA/ECNL teams. Those clubs cater to these parents, BTW, because they all are ruthless and play to win. By recruiting the best players and winning the most, they keep their college pipelines strong as well as the reputation.[/quote]I have seen the club hoppers come all the time. Clubs welcome them with open arms and have no problem pushing all the other kids on the team down a peg. You what the parents say? Nothing, because they know that's how sports works from rec to national teams.[/quote]
Nope, every club hopper I've ever seen burns bridges everywhere they go. Over time they run out of clubs to play for and end up on the oddball loser team. Seen it hapoen multiple times. Add in that you dont think the rules apply to your kid and that you literally want to play down and its not going to be a happy ending. People see through you and college coachs will discount players playing down a grade. You're not going to sneak playing down a grade past them.[/quote]

Who said anything about playing down? This is an attitude and a culture where aggressiveness both by the player and parent is rewarded by the top clubs. The kid has to be good, tho.[/quote]
Its because in general players who's parents are looking to play down arent very good. If they were good playing up would be no problem. They're looking to play down because they can't compete with players their own grade.[/quote]Your perspective is off. Parents aren't looking to play down. Clubs have leagues play kids on age. Big difference.[/quote]
My perspective is the best way for players to get recruited to play in college. Your perspective might be the best way to win 7v7 plastic trophies.

Its best to plan for the future now because it becomes more and more difficult to make a change when players get older.[/quote]

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