BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2018 Fall 2014/Summer 2015

a "true" 2018 is a child currently registered in 9th grade that is scheduled to graduate high school in the spring of 2018. The "Normal" birth date would depend on the individual school districts cut off date, as far as I know most are December 1st but many, many kids that are born after September first start a year later - this is boys and girl, athletes and non athletes. In My school district the cut off date is December first so a child born on or after 12/1/1999 and on or before 11/20/2000 would be a "normal" 2018.

US Lacrosse has set the cut off date as September 1st for their U based tournaments so under that guide a "Normal" 2018 would be born between 9/1/1999 and 11/30/2000.

No right answer to your question but circling back IMHO - a "true" 2018 is a child currently registered in 9th grade that is scheduled to graduate high school in the spring of 2018.

If you had a non lacrosse playing kid that was born 3/13/1999 as a premature birth with development issues and the parents decided to delay school for a year and that kid is in 9th grade they are a 2018 and if you had a kid lacrosse player that was born 11/30/1998 and then decided to repeat 8th grade and is now in 9th grade I would still consider him a "TRUE" 2018 because he is scheduled to graduate high school in 2018. I am not saying I like it or that it is fair, what I am saying is he is a 2018

if you are born in 1998, you are a cheater!.

no a cheater would be a person playing under a fake name or a doctored birth document - a kid born in 1998 and in 9th grade is a 2018 - a frickin' old one but a 2018 none the less and not a cheater.

no a cheater would be a person playing under a fake name or a doctored birth document - a kid born in 1998 and in 9th grade is a 2018 - a frickin' old one but a 2018 none the less and not a cheater.

Like stated previously, let's not go there. Keep with the fact that it is a 2018 graduating year and not age based.

This is very Fox News of you to make all your arguments and then say we can't have this discussion again. Unless the creators tell us otherwise 2018 is a grade based thread not an age based thread so unless somebody wants to start a birth year 2000 thread we need to discuss kids and teams graduating HS in 2018.

now you can stop the discussion

Being 16 in 9th grade is cheating. No other reason to be there. If it is for academic reasons, I would slow down on the recruiting efforts. The good news is, they can drive themselves to summer school!

Couldn't agree more.

It's cheating.

Wow! You just can't stop whining... just keep telling yourself "A Cheaters Gonna Cheat" and get off the subject and get back to what the thread is about, 2018 Graduating year.

no whining. stating facts. its cheating

do you understand the difference between opinion and fact? It is your opinion that it is cheating and it is a fact that it is not.

o·pin·ion əˈpinyən/
noun
noun: opinion; plural noun: opinions

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

fact fakt/
noun
noun: fact; plural noun: facts

a thing that is indisputably the case.

no whining. stating facts. its cheating

do you understand the difference between opinion and fact? It is your opinion that it is cheating and it is a fact that it is not.

o·pin·ion əˈpinyən/
noun
noun: opinion; plural noun: opinions

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

fact fakt/
noun
noun: fact; plural noun: facts

a thing that is indisputably the case.

great article in the NYT about how our children are becoming less sensitive to moral values because of the fact that people these days (adults) are trying to go off of fact for things that are more values/morals driven.

Was it an opinion the dress was blue/black or was it gold white. It all depends how you look at it. Perception. A good spin doctor can distort the truth. Yes that was the test behind the dress being leaked to the social media. Genius.

Good/Bad is not a fact it is opinion which is a moral value. cheating is an act so it is fact. but s it right or wrong it is a moral value.

even the definition of opinion itself can be argued

great article in the NYT about how our children are becoming less sensitive to moral values because of the fact that people are trying to go off of fact that values/morals.

Was it an opinion the dress was blue/black or was it gold white. It all depends how you look at it. Yes that was the test behind the dress being leaked to the social media. Genius.

Good/Bad is not a fact it is opinion which is a moral value. cheating is an act so it is fact. but s it right or wrong it is a moral value.

even the definition of opinion itself can be argued

September 99 or younger legit 2018. Fact, indisputable. Everyone else is gaming the system, bending the rules, twisting the facts, etc. Can't have it both ways. Just accept the fact you're dishonest and move on. You don't have the moral high ground here. That's a fact.
For my son, I don't care, average age Legit,2018. Challenging himself and playing varsity. Will only make him stronger for summer recruiting. If he can play against seniors, which he can, then the holdbacks and re-class kids will be a piece of cake come summer. Which is the case with most anyway. Their parents knew they couldn't compete on age, so they had them play against the little kids. Too funny...

September 99 or younger legit 2018. Fact, indisputable. Everyone else is gaming the system, bending the rules, twisting the facts, etc. Can't have it both ways. Just accept the fact you're dishonest and move on. You don't have the moral high ground here. That's a fact.
For my son, I don't care, average age Legit,2018. Challenging himself and playing varsity. Will only make him stronger for summer recruiting. If he can play against seniors, which he can, then the holdbacks and re-class kids will be a piece of cake come summer. Which is the case with most anyway. Their parents knew they couldn't compete on age, so they had them play against the little kids. Too funny...

You and your wife matured late so you left your kid back for sports?? You are a lunatic! Leaving a well adjusted, academically stable 10 year old is not good for anyone!!

And nice try with the gym thing, but just ran NYC marathon in November and haven't had hair in 15 years to go grey!! Interesting you stereotype people who play their kids at proper age group?

Interesting that you have figured out he was well adjusted and academically stable - or that the decision was based on sports you judgmental arrogant bald twit

Interesting that you have figured out he was well adjusted and academically stable - or that the decision was based on sports you judgmental arrogant bald twit

and this is the problem.

You led him to that conclusion. Two sayings come to mind.
* Lead a horse to water he should drink. if he doesn't is he trueloy a horse or a donkey!

* If it smell like chicken - taste like chicken - your chicken!

I'm not bald and have embraced the grey hair and actually like it.

And I bet you look a lot older than buddies your age.
Your telling this group that sports teams should be picked by who matures earliest?
NO- My wife and I matured late. Held my son back in 5th grade-
Best decision ever.
Your boy have a mustache at age 12??

Stop crying and do whats best for your kid.
And you need to get in the gym and cover up that grey.

in original post you said you haven't had hair in 15 years and now you are saying you are not bald, am I missing something?

Re: Great State Showdown

Anyone have insight into this inaugural event????

It is a region specific tryout process and you cannot go and play for another region. All information is on the 3d website.

This is very Fox News of you to make all your arguments and then say we can't have this discussion again. Unless the creators tell us otherwise 2018 is a grade based thread not an age based thread so unless somebody wants to start a birth year 2000 thread we need to discuss kids and teams graduating HS in 2018.

now you can stop the discussion

CHEATER

I am not a cheater nor is my 2000 birth year 2018 son, he does not care how old his opponents are he spends his energy on winning not on crying about how old the other kids are.

Winning is all that matters! That's the way the "creators" intended it!

it appears to be an invite only, you need to reach out to 3d to find out what the process is.

Feel free to lambast me and call us cheaters but I will share my son's story and why HE decided to reclassify. He plays on one of the top club teams was an invite to Jake Reed and other top events, but before last summer had a series of lower body injuries, which despite seeing a ton of experts, did not receive a proper diagnosis. He wound up missing just about all of his 2017 summer and all of this fall.

He wound up having bilateral hip surgery and also missed quite a bit of school this past fall. By missing most of last summer and all of the fall he had pretty much fallen off of the radar, but more importantly he felt that that his academic journey had taken a bit of turn when he was dealing with all of the pre-surgery rehab and then his eventual surgery to repair both of his hips.

If this had been a lacrosse driven decision we wouldn't have done it. I wouldn't be completely honest if I didn't say lacrosse did play some part in it. As a 2017 who missed out on the most important window of the recruiting process many of his options were off of the table, and while he doesn't have visions of playing at Hopkins, or UNC per se, after all of the hard work he wanted as many options as possible on the table.

Because he missed quite a bit of school and felt like he missed a semester he will now also be in a much better academic situation so for us it was the right decision to make.

Fell free to fire away.