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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone explain why we're fine with bigger early developers playing up but losing our minds about smaller late developers playing down?[/quote]

"We're" not.  I think everyone is in agreement that it's a good idea to have late developers play down a year to put them in the best environment to develop.  What I have a problem with is the rule being abused by clubs to play larger players, not quite good enough to get minutes for their on-age first team, down to get wins.  Unless you're the tough guy above, it's a bad idea that hinders the development of the kids playing down and the kids who lose time because of it.[/quote]

My son plays on a 2012 MLS Next HG team that uses two 2011 biobands. The two 2011s start but they are close to, if not the smallest two starters on the 2012 team. Where are you seeing clubs playing "larger players" as late developers? Give some actual, verifiable examples. Anyone whose kid actually plays MLS Next should have access to Taka and can watch games there. In the MLS Next Mid-Atlantic league our team has not encountered other teams' biobands being large or further along in puberty compared to the kids on the field they are playing (a year down). Like the ones on our team, most are even on the small side compared with the kids a year younger. And they are very small compared to their own age group. Are the biobands really good and helpful to their younger teams, sure, but no teams are bringing down true ringers, bc they wouldn't want to lose them in the older age group. Also, if MLS were to adopt school year, I'd guess that many of the biobands would be in that younger age group anyway. [/quote]

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