To the parents who choose to hold their kid back or more specifically reclass their son: it's your call and the majority of us do not care what you do, it's your choice. Most people do not care when it comes to school ball or college because the "grades, classes, ages" would be mixed even if everyone was in the age appropriate grad/class.
Club ball is another story all together, it should be age based. Tell yourself whatever makes you feel good but in the end you are gaming the system because you obviously feel that your kid can not compete with the boys in his age group.
This is probably the most reasonable take I’ve ever heard on this board.
I agree that it shouldn't matter in college. It should matter for middle school and high school. You can conceivable have your career ended before high school starts if you are young kid for your grade competing against a old kid who held back or got left back. 9th grade you are still 13 the other guy is 15 and change. You could be same athletic level really but puberty wins out. You turn 17 in college he graduates HS almost 19. You gotta have some good genes to beat that.
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