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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question.  We are in Maryland and our club is doing a Sept 1- Aug 31 cut off, which actually aligns exactly with the school year cut off.  So the only kids playing with a different grade will be kids who were redshirted in kindergarten, or kids who started school ahead of schedule.  Why don't you guys do a cut off that actually aligns with your school calendar also?[/quote]Clubs have to choose a cutoff date. They chose 9/1 initially but switched it to 8/1. Unfortunately different school districts have different cutoff dates as well which creates the situation where some players can play down because their birthday is in Aug which is after 8/1 but before their school districts cutoff date. But this is a very small minority of players and almost all choose to play up on their correct grade in school team because playing up is allowed in the rules.[/quote]On what team in the DMV are all the kids choosing to play up? Most posts are like ECNL due, playing on age, playing up on age is very limited.

Seems you are trying to normalize grade for August to convince them to play up even when it isn't in their best interest to protect your Sept girl.

What evidence do you have to say that almost all Aug players are choosing to play soccer based on their grade? Those Facebook links you showed about 3 weeks ago said the opposite, by far most thumps up for playing on age.[/quote]

And now we have a ECNL director at a high-level club explain when/why/how when these high-level kids should play on age -- all the time, except when basically showcasing on grade when/if needed.[/quote]
So hes basically saying that grade in school matters to college recruiters.

Seems like people have been trying to drive that into your skull for over a year.[/quote]

Most here haven't argued that, they've just pointed out that it's also more complicated than that. This interview gets into that nuance. You overly focus on one thing and make it wrongly perhaps the most important thing. That's why that Eastside club talks about the 2 year window.[/quote]
How do you not understand what they mean whe. they say 2 year window.

They're just saying that iSY (2 year window) is the same as BY (1 year window) to recruiters.

If anyhting more players the same grade in SY is better for college coaches.[/quote]You are misstating the optimization problem.

An easier situation for college coaches doesn't is not the same thing as the best scenario for each individual player. It's why clubs go case by case and why ECNL dude just figured out how to get twice the college coaches looks for many Aug births. [/quote]

This is well-said.[/quote]

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