Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:18     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of an August player who is misaligned on grade, my biggest takeaway from this thread is to look into HGH

On a serious note, the question is what benefits an August misaligned player more:

- playing on age and being one of the oldest and top players on A team
- playing on grade with kids up to 12 months older and being mid-low A team or mid-top B team

I can definitely see how RAE plays a role here.

Don't forget being ignored by recruiters when your kid gets older if they play down.

Also dont buy into the rae nonsense that just because your kid was born a certain month that their entire future is predetermined. Even right now in BY there's all kinds of 3rd and 4th quarter birthdays that are playing up a grade and start.


Are there idiots on here who don't realize RAE ONLY APPLIES TO LATE (skilled) AND EARLY DEVELOPERS

RAE is about the proven obvious Bias in the Selection process of picking the big kids over the smaller kids.
It's not about skills.

I dont even know what to say rae is dumb but selective rae is dumber.


Moron, it's selective because a Q3 or Q4 can be an early developer

Every Q3 or Q4 isn't tiny. Neither is every Q2 or Q1 a giant

Understand now or should I type slower?

Better yet, why don't you show us a scientific academic study that disproves and contradicts all the RAE studies?

like this one?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:17     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

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Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d



That stupid chart you cut and paste is ridiculous for one thing

RAE studies are about YOUTH SELECTION, not Senior Teams and in the studies they always point out the late developers who are good players and don't quit or get chased out tend to do well at Senior levels because they fought through adversity developing skills to compensate for size.

I know I just wasted my time explaining that to a wall

Its amazing all the different excuses you float.
Explanatory variables ≠ excuses. It's science.

An excuse would be something like my girl or granddaughter didn't get to play soccer in college because a girl a grade older blocked her on her youth soccer team even though the girl was only a month or so older so unfair.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:15     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d

That's not evenly. Aug, Jan high and July, Dec low. Both tenets of a system that had SY and BY for the boys youths, and they may not have grown up in the U.S.


Pull the birth months chart floating out there showing the Q1 and Q2 bias at the most recent U17 World Cup
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:13     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d



That stupid chart you cut and paste is ridiculous for one thing

RAE studies are about YOUTH SELECTION, not Senior Teams and in the studies they always point out the late developers who are good players and don't quit or get chased out tend to do well at Senior levels because they fought through adversity developing skills to compensate for size.

I know I just wasted my time explaining that to a wall

Its amazing all the different excuses you float.


Yes, stating a scientific fact proven by multiple sources and verifiable data is an excuse for your child
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:11     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d

That's not evenly. Aug, Jan high and July, Dec low. Both tenets of a system that had SY and BY for the boys youths, and they may not have grown up in the U.S.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:10     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a parent of an August player who is misaligned on grade, my biggest takeaway from this thread is to look into HGH

On a serious note, the question is what benefits an August misaligned player more:

- playing on age and being one of the oldest and top players on A team
- playing on grade with kids up to 12 months older and being mid-low A team or mid-top B team

I can definitely see how RAE plays a role here.

Don't forget being ignored by recruiters when your kid gets older if they play down.

Also dont buy into the rae nonsense that just because your kid was born a certain month that their entire future is predetermined. Even right now in BY there's all kinds of 3rd and 4th quarter birthdays that are playing up a grade and start.


Are there idiots on here who don't realize RAE ONLY APPLIES TO LATE (skilled) AND EARLY DEVELOPERS

RAE is about the proven obvious Bias in the Selection process of picking the big kids over the smaller kids.
It's not about skills.

I dont even know what to say rae is dumb but selective rae is dumber.


Moron, it's selective because a Q3 or Q4 can be an early developer

Every Q3 or Q4 isn't tiny. Neither is every Q2 or Q1 a giant

Understand now or should I type slower?

Better yet, why don't you show us a scientific academic study that disproves and contradicts all the RAE studies?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:08     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d



That stupid chart you cut and paste is ridiculous for one thing

RAE studies are about YOUTH SELECTION, not Senior Teams and in the studies they always point out the late developers who are good players and don't quit or get chased out tend to do well at Senior levels because they fought through adversity developing skills to compensate for size.

I know I just wasted my time explaining that to a wall

Its amazing all the different excuses you float.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:05     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d



That stupid chart you cut and paste is ridiculous for one thing

RAE studies are about YOUTH SELECTION, not Senior Teams and in the studies they always point out the late developers who are good players and don't quit or get chased out tend to do well at Senior levels because they fought through adversity developing skills to compensate for size.

I know I just wasted my time explaining that to a wall
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:01     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a parent of an August player who is misaligned on grade, my biggest takeaway from this thread is to look into HGH

On a serious note, the question is what benefits an August misaligned player more:

- playing on age and being one of the oldest and top players on A team
- playing on grade with kids up to 12 months older and being mid-low A team or mid-top B team

I can definitely see how RAE plays a role here.

Don't forget being ignored by recruiters when your kid gets older if they play down.

Also dont buy into the rae nonsense that just because your kid was born a certain month that their entire future is predetermined. Even right now in BY there's all kinds of 3rd and 4th quarter birthdays that are playing up a grade and start.


Are there idiots on here who don't realize RAE ONLY APPLIES TO LATE (skilled) AND EARLY DEVELOPERS

RAE is about the proven obvious Bias in the Selection process of picking the big kids over the smaller kids.
It's not about skills.

I dont even know what to say rae is dumb but selective rae is dumber.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:57     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a parent of an August player who is misaligned on grade, my biggest takeaway from this thread is to look into HGH

On a serious note, the question is what benefits an August misaligned player more:

- playing on age and being one of the oldest and top players on A team
- playing on grade with kids up to 12 months older and being mid-low A team or mid-top B team

I can definitely see how RAE plays a role here.

Don't forget being ignored by recruiters when your kid gets older if they play down.

Also dont buy into the rae nonsense that just because your kid was born a certain month that their entire future is predetermined. Even right now in BY there's all kinds of 3rd and 4th quarter birthdays that are playing up a grade and start.


Are there idiots on here who don't realize RAE ONLY APPLIES TO LATE (skilled) AND EARLY DEVELOPERS

RAE is about the proven obvious Bias in the Selection process of picking the big kids over the smaller kids.
It's not about skills.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:55     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.

Studies like this one that show in America pro player birthdays are spread evenly across the year?

https://medium.com/@giacorada/the-fascinating-birth-trend-among-professional-soccer-players-b2a48d015e7d

Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:52     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.
Well, the last few PP think everything is RAEs fault.

No its just one person and they post over and over + they love rae.

What's frustrating is they dont understand how things work at the highest levels. Once you see players that dont align with rae tear it up you realize that in a competitive environment rae is dumb. There will always be oldest and youngest you cant get away from this. How players respond to challenges is what brings them to the next level.


What makes your comment especially ignorant and stupid, is the fact that most RAE studies published were done studying top tier clubs, academies, leagues and players
That's how we know about the Kevin De Bruyne's, Declan Rice, Harry Kane etc etc being late developers

To say RAE doesn't exist is to say months, years, calendars, biology, puberty, coaches preferring more physically mature players and age cutoffs don't exist.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:50     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.


Your opinion is that of an ignorant dunce who chooses to deny what is proven

Yet you're loud and proud

Next you'll be screaming companies pay the tariffs and the world is flat

Just as everyone suspected a liberal that uses whatever excuse they can (rae) to avoid accountability. Its always eveyone else's fault.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:47     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:See I told you. Everything is raes fault.
Just your opinion, but you might be right.

My opinion is that rae is garbage and I might be right.


Your opinion is that of an ignorant dunce who chooses to deny what is proven

Yet you're loud and proud

Next you'll be screaming companies pay the tariffs and the world is flat
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:14     Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a parent of an August player who is misaligned on grade, my biggest takeaway from this thread is to look into HGH

On a serious note, the question is what benefits an August misaligned player more:

- playing on age and being one of the oldest and top players on A team
- playing on grade with kids up to 12 months older and being mid-low A team or mid-top B team

I can definitely see how RAE plays a role here.

Don't forget being ignored by recruiters when your kid gets older if they play down.

Also dont buy into the rae nonsense that just because your kid was born a certain month that their entire future is predetermined. Even right now in BY there's all kinds of 3rd and 4th quarter birthdays that are playing up a grade and start.
You don't have to trash post every person here with propaganda.

The PP doesn't need your advice and didn't ask for it

Also, false equivalence in the Q3 and Q4s in BY as they aren't playing up, they are in their 12 month window. Nice try at misleading garbage again.

No idea on you are so hot on this made up playing down thing. Colleges deal in transfers and foreign players so much now that recruiting isn't what it was 15 years ago. They take the best players that have the grades and players seek schools more than schools seek players.