Its not hard to be the best when you are 16 in the 8th grade playing against 13 year olds. 2020 Crabs middie in HOCO last spring was 16 years old.
Crabs and organizations like them teach kids that if they aren't good enough to compete with kids their own age - no problem - just drop down a grade and play against your brother's friends and you too can get a 10% scholarship to college.
If its not a nefarious plot why are the competitive club owners fighting the change to go age based? Because by playing older kids they gain an unfair advantage which gets more of their kids recruited - which ultimately puts more money in their pocket.
