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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s talk about the new 2023 rankings. I think they are solid rankings[/quote]

I'd love to see the DOBs next to these players, maybe not their actual birthday due to PII concerns.

The Bullis player turned 19 this past September and has been in high school now for 6 years. I'm sure there are others on this list who are re-classes or even double re-class.

Overall, I do think it's a very good list.

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Just in the DC area, we have Freshman turning 16 this past Fall semester in the IAC. There will be multiple 19 year olds playing across many of the private schools. We have Mater Dei embedding the believe that it is better for boys development/maturity to be held back ie it is an institutional practice. Holding back   is so common now, that if your child (particularly boy) is "on age" in the traditional sense, he is often considered young. It is here to stay.

Only thing that stops it is changing rules to where 19 is the cutoff, not 20. If not, parents will continue to push the boundaries. In most sports, the truly special talents are the one's who play up/above their age group. Funny how things change. [/quote]

So one of the big rumors floating around is that some of the big club teams are going to try to push for scaling of the system similar to soccer i.e., age for consideration in playing in tournaments. Though there would be an overlap of 3 months on the back end. So in short it would be October 1st through the next December 31st to be eligible. Now, this rumor has floated around before but seems to have gained some traction given I've heard it from several different sources.  The word coming from all these sources is "equity" and that it isn't equitable to have kids being holdbacks/reclassifications as they move through private schools compared to those kids that go right through school (typically in public school). Now, the other big issue is that it would go against almost all the interests of these club teams to push this. But, who knows maybe the equity argument holds.

But, I'm not holding my breath on that one.[/quote]

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