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Anonymous wrote:Wish we could just hear what is all actually happening around to people, instead of the same argument over and over and over and over and over and over ...

There have been people that post about their experiences. But Mr play by age quickly spams them until their post gets pushed off the page.

They seem to be leaning to play with their grade.

Ironically the decision had nothing to do with playing in college. The parent just thought it was weird that clubs would want their August birthday kid to play on a team with kids a grade younger in school

Anonymous wrote:Wish we could just hear what is all actually happening around to people, instead of the same argument over and over and over and over and over and over ...

There have been people that post about their experiences. But Mr play by age quickly spams them until their post gets pushed off the page.

They seem to be leaning to play with their grade.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

The price parents pay for competitive soccer doesnt work if there isnt a pot of gold (college scholorship) at the end of the rainbow.

Idk, the whole bill for soccer is about the cost of one year of private school or 2 years of daycare. Can seem like a bargain to many.

Probabaly true but even then clubs will dangle access to top schools on top of scholorships. Whatever dream works to keep players and parents on the hook.

Wish we could just hear what is all actually happening around to people, instead of the same argument over and over and over and over and over and over ...

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

The price parents pay for competitive soccer doesnt work if there isnt a pot of gold (college scholorship) at the end of the rainbow.

Idk, the whole bill for soccer is about the cost of one year of private school or 2 years of daycare. Can seem like a bargain to many.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

If you really want that August girl off you girl's team so bad your only solution is to go to the B team. I am sure the A team will give you a big send off.

Playing on age is everyone's right.

Its so obvious that you enjoy responding to yourself.

Playing on grade is how you get recruited for college.

Too stupid. Tell that to Jan-Aug kids now playing downin BY or international kids. You making crap up to give your DD a leg up again.

You cant play down in BY stupid.

And you can't play down in SY. You lose.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

If you really want that August girl off you girl's team so bad your only solution is to go to the B team. I am sure the A team will give you a big send off.

Playing on age is everyone's right.

Its so obvious that you enjoy responding to yourself.

Playing on grade is how you get recruited for college.

I've never seen a 'U9th Grade'

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

If you really want that August girl off you girl's team so bad your only solution is to go to the B team. I am sure the A team will give you a big send off.

Playing on age is everyone's right.

Its so obvious that you enjoy responding to yourself.

Playing on grade is how you get recruited for college.

Too stupid. Tell that to Jan-Aug kids now playing downin BY or international kids. You making crap up to give your DD a leg up again.

You cant play down in BY stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

If you really want that August girl off you girl's team so bad your only solution is to go to the B team. I am sure the A team will give you a big send off.

Playing on age is everyone's right.

Its so obvious that you enjoy responding to yourself.

Playing on grade is how you get recruited for college.

Too stupid. Tell that to Jan-Aug kids now playing downin BY or international kids. You making crap up to give your DD a leg up again.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

If you really want that August girl off you girl's team so bad your only solution is to go to the B team. I am sure the A team will give you a big send off.

Playing on age is everyone's right.

Its so obvious that you enjoy responding to yourself.

Playing on grade is how you get recruited for college.

Unless you can get recruited by playing on age

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

The price parents pay for competitive soccer doesnt work if there isnt a pot of gold (college scholorship) at the end of the rainbow.

The vast majority don't go on to play college. Most play HS, at least. And all the money isn't necessarily for a scholarship. It's for playing a sport they love, the connections they built and the life lessons from the wins/losses and discipline learned. College, if it becomes an option and a worthy goal if desired, should only be considered gravy.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

If you really want that August girl off you girl's team so bad your only solution is to go to the B team. I am sure the A team will give you a big send off.

Playing on age is everyone's right.

Its so obvious that you enjoy responding to yourself.

Playing on grade is how you get recruited for college.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

Or they play in their correct age range at the younger ages recieve all the benefits that go along with being on a first team, and post puberty when the age advantage is diminished realign with their grade based team. This is for families to choose, not some internet warrior.

You should really just play rec.

Clubs typically offer a higher level, especially with friends they've played with since they were small, where it's either that or nothing (maybe HS).

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

Or they play in their correct age range at the younger ages recieve all the benefits that go along with being on a first team, and post puberty when the age advantage is diminished realign with their grade based team. This is for families to choose, not some internet warrior.

You should really just play rec.

AI just translated your comment as "Please play rec because I am trying to helicopter the rules so my Sept girl is the oldest and that August girl that is better and plays her position is banished."

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, to add, how crazy this would be .. .It's like mandating like half of Jan b-days play up, well, just because.

It would be mandating that Aug and younger birthdays play with their grade.

This is a very small percentage of the players. I would guess under 5%.

I'm watching this in real-time, as people struggle with what they should do. It's more than 5% at my club.

Yep, I know of several in this situation at my kids club as well. Playing up with their grade seems to be where the parents are leaning.

I wonder how many are going to change their tune based on tryouts and when they realize that their playing time will be significantly cut.

It also depends on if they see playing in college as a realistic option.

Sometimes college isn't on the table even when it's realistic. Teenagers have all sorts of different reasons for playing and reasons why they'd want to be on a certain team.

So obviously the logical thing to do is put young August birthdays on a team with players a grade younger than they are in school. This way they wont have to worry about playing in college because recruiters will ignore them because they're playing down a grade. Totally makes sense.

Or they play in their correct age range at the younger ages recieve all the benefits that go along with being on a first team, and post puberty when the age advantage is diminished realign with their grade based team. This is for families to choose, not some internet warrior.

This sounds really on target. Leagues and teams must create guidance for this. Play on age and if you are good enough, play up. Wait, my bad, they are already doing this and have always done this.