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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What's the point of the club making a team based on school grade when the league goes by birth date?

To appease neurotic parents who aren't serious about soccer?[/quote]

Because the "league" told everyone to play kids by school grade.  Did anyone actually read the guidance on the age group change? What's your agenda on pushing kids down a grade - does it somehow benefit your kid?  There is no circumstance where a kid playing a grade below is positive for player development or for recruiting (not to mention longevity in the sport).  The only benefit for that might be for a kid who is smaller and needs the time to develop.  By high school, any player playing down is wasting their time, and no recruiter is interested in a kid that can't even handle playing with their grade.  Clubs know this even if dumb parents don't get it.  [/quote]

Every league announcement said it wouldn't be perfect. Deal with it. There's no playing down unless it's biobanding. Not everyone cares about playing with their grade.

Fewer recruiters OR families are interested in B OR C teams. They get less experienced coaches and less support from there clubs. So, kids forced there will likely quit earlier. Being the youngest means that's more likely. This is why you give more choice and flexibility for parents and clubs.

So dumb just to think there's one path and to create loopholes for playing up.[/quote]

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