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They can Graduate and go to a Post Grad. year.

MIAA rules state that you can not play a sport at the age of 19.

Well you can keep saying this over and over again. But pleas explain the players with 2000 birthdays or 1999 birthdays that are listed and play on 2019 teams. We can agree we have seen and confirmed some if not all of these birthdays. Most people have no issue with these kids when they are 19 the issue is when they are 16 playing 14 year olds. When you you state that a kid can not be 19 and play for a MIAA sport are you implying there are not 16 year old kids playing 14 year old kids on these 2019 or 2020 teams?

That is misleading. You can't turn 19 before October of your senior year. There were 19 year olds on the fields of every MIAA team this spring. Baltimore holdback or pre-K playbook. The MIAA rules also state you can't play sports more than 4 years, hence the standard to do the repeating in grades before high school. When kids are plainly too old for the MIAA they can always do a boarding school year. The anew Englsnd leagues don't forbid 20 or 21 year olds. More than one generation ago my father was a 20 year old high school senior at a boarding school. But that was because he served in Korea, not because he was a sissy lacrosse player. The whole point to looser age standards was to give vets that chance. In Connecticut and in Massachusetts then it was unlawful to attend public secondary schools after the age of 19 without a special waiver. Sure the waiver was obtainable for vets, but it was burdensome to get. And these prep schools were very generous financially to admit vets regardless of ability to play.

Something tells me your 19 year old buttercups didn't serve country, so cut the crap and just eat it when people tease. You have no spines to stand straight up on.

You're welcome for setting this straight for you.

The March 2000 birthdate is completely accurate for Crabs 2020 midfielder. Sad but true.

One of my sons was born March 2000. He just finished his sophomore year this week. He is getting his drivers license this coming Tuesday.

Pretty sad that a parent would stage a kid this age in 8th grade for sports reasons, if that is the reason. Shame on you Ryan McClernan.

Ok so going from the post above here. That says its OCT. of Sr. year this kid can play his SR. year at a MIAA school. If he was born one month earlier he would not be able to play.

oct 2000 born 2020 is an extreme single hold back that will still be 18 before the school year in 12th grade, He could play.

March 2000 2020 is double hold back - not supposed to play in miaa. If this is referring to the kid that made UA his bday is listed as march 2001

It is not the UA kid - he is single holdback. His father is a complete tool...

Best solice in that comment is it doesn't aim toward a kid. Many are hold backs and nearly all Maryland lacrosse dads are tools. Does nothing to narrow it down much.

Crabs lose again. Better get some more holdbacks.

Don't they have hold backs?

Long ride home in the Crabmobile today.

At least half the 2020 team can take a spell behind the wheel.

And again today...sweet.

Crabs 2020 lose again at Hill School. Pretty sad when a team full of holdbacks lose to on age kids from California. Enjoy the ride home fat man....

Anyone watch the video of the C2C (I think) from a few weeks ago. They look lost bad undisciplined.

First Crabs 2020 commit - to UNC

Big holdback middie that everyone bashes on forum just got offer to UNC. And that is why more and more people are holding their kids back. Because colleges could care less if a kid is 14 or 15 year old 8th grader.

Guess it comes down to whether the extra 25-50k in private school tuition is worth the 5k he will get from UNC?

Yawn. This surprises no one. Little boy Ty Ty Xanders says he looks the part - he's right - because he is almost 16. Parents probably spent more on private school tuition than he is gonna get from UNC. Enjoy the paper classes.

Now that he is committed is he still allowed to play with little boys?

Fat Crab will be taking credit in one, two, three....

I'd take it

Wow.. rough crowd. Are you guys really that upset ?? . I don't know this kid or his family nor am I a crab daddy but good for him and his family. . Regardless of age, D1 lacrosse players are an elite group of players. My son is on age and plays in the elite HOCO div and I'm happy for them

his birthday is public on UA website April 2001. He's older but don't exaggerate.

The kid will be driving in the 9th grade. He and his holdback Crabs teammates played the majority of their youth lacrosse against young kids and could barely squeak out wins. Wait till this knucklehead has to play against high school seniors - he is in for a rude awakening.

Maybe his meathead father, King crab and Ty Ty can all pile into the Crabs box truck and take a road trip to Chapel Hill in 4 years to watch him ride the pine on the 50 man roster.

Actually, he played for Crabs 2019 the last two years. He only played for 2020 this year as he's in middle school and can't stay with 2019. Get your facts straight.

Considering said kid would have never gotten into UNC(Or any other school of that caliber) without lacrosse, I would say that it was definitely worth it.

I think the OPs point was that the kid and his teammates routinely play against younger kids. A good portion of his teammates should be going into 10th or 11th grade. The days of gaming the system are over once they high school.

Is he not smart enough? How do you know this? This may work to his detriment if he is in a school that is scholastically too challenging for him. Kind of like affirmative action. If you put a person in a rigorous academic environment with criteria outside of the academic requirements they are doomed to fail. You actually do the person a disservice and waste parents money as the likelihood of failing out is much higher. This kid may be smart enough but you comment insinuated he was not. I honestly do not know.

Crabs kids are never held back for lacrosse - they are only held back because they are struggling academically (wink wink)

Well makes sense that he's going to Calvert Hall ...they are one of worst ranked educations in MIAA.

I won't disagree about the education at Calvert Hall. It is a weak educational school. This kid is a very, very good player and will run 1st line midfield next year. This will also serve to [lacrosse] off a lot of juniors or seniors that have waited and are capable of playing...this is the problem with Calvert hall...lots of promises, no follow thru. At least this boy got his commitment to UNC

Yup..but best players at CH don't always play. You are either on right side of Kelly politics or wrong. If your on wrong side..u don't play regardless of how good you are. That's why so many kids transfer out of CH each year.

Most of the MIAA schools are weak academically

BL
CH
MSJ
Severn
LB
AS
St. Mary's

You have no idea what you're talking about.

McDonogh, Gilman and St. Paul's are schools with strong academic reputations. The rest of the MIAA A schools are comparable to MD public schools (and is some cases, worse).

False....St Paul's andBL are on equal footing these days. BL might even be ahead of St Paul's academically.

How can you run an effective and winning program if the best players dont play? Then what is the end game? Seems strange.