No problem with all with the competitive advantage one gains for their child through holding them back to gain maturity, experience and greater degree of knowledge-just play with your own age group in youth. Reasonable? Hopefully this won't even be a discussion clogging the forum by '23 when it becomes mandated birth year grouping for club lacrosse play. Discussion over, playing field leveled. Thank you US Lacrosse. See it through.
US Lacrosse has no power...
So if a club decides to have holdback kids what will US Lacrosse do? Legally they have no authority over the clubs. Not sure who is mandating what here. I think someone sold you a bridge and you bought it.
How does soccer do it?
US Soccer and Hockey run the nationwide tournaments. They also control the State, Regional and National level teams. If a kid wants to play on any of these teams, they must play under the banner of a US Soccer or Hockey Club. If they play in any other club or are caught breaking rules, they are disqualified from the state or higher level teams. There is no penalty for not playing under US LAcrosse rules at a club level.
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