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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems one person is arguing that it will be case by case and you won't be forced to play up on grade, nor should you have to for long term plans.

And it seems like the other person is saying if you don't play up on grade you will be left behind and clubs will have an unspoken rule of not selecting you on top teams.

I feel like the first stance is more reasonable. How can a player currently playing on grade, move to a younger pool, and not be selected to the top team, without it being an obvious scandal?[/quote]
Top teams at top clubs have a large pool of players to choose from. Because of this they wont roster Aug play downs because they dont want the hassle and dont need to deal with all the issues related to playing down. On top of everything else playing down (being misaligned) severly limits players ability to get recruited. Committments are free media for clubs that can be used to recruit new players for an entire year. They want them to make more money and field better teams.[/quote]Clubs don't recognize what you are saying as playing down as  playing down, tracking grade is actually a bridge too far for them. And college coaches want the best players, players that were much more likely the oldest in their age group than the youngest. They told clubs and on Facebook, they don't care what age group you are in. College recruiting is about finding colleges that you have a chance to play for and contactingnthem direct ly, not some sit back and expect colleges to fight over you situation.[/quote]
College coaches look at players by Graduation Year. I labeled this playing down or playing up. Its the same thing.

All college coaches care about is the year players will graduate. This is he pool of talent they are sorting through. This is also why being misaligned and playing down is so bad. It doesnt matter how you play you're being compared with players that are your grade in school / graduation year.[/quote]

LOL 
You think college recruiters are wading through thousands of players to review just because of graduating year?

They have a shortlist and then they'll see when you'll be available [/quote]

The two college assistants that were at our club's parents meeting to discuss these changes for the HS age kids were clear.  They don't care what grade or team players are on for league play.  However, they were extremely clear that being misaligned (an August birthday Junior playing on a team of mostly Sophmores for example) will have a much, MUCH harder time getting noticed at showcases.  Their reasoning was simply time management.  Potentially having to go to a different site for a single player usually isn't goung to happen.

They were also clear that, for their schools (so YMMV for others programs) 90% of their recruitment happens via players contracting them and the ID camps they hold.[/quote]

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