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"""""""""Your son has a late spring/summer birthday so you started him a year later, which puts him at U15A in 7th grade and U15AA in 8th grade"""""""""

Thats called holding your child back in laymans terms. What has become the norm in the MIAA world but unfortunately has filtered down to youth clubs in MD.

Good one, but I am curious as to how many 2x holdbacks there really are. Most HS athletic associations (including MIAA I believe) do not let you play sports if you turn 19 before the start of the school year.

This implies 2x holdbacks are not eligible to play sports their senior year.

I know that a few (many) years back a NYC HS football team forfeited every game and was vacated of a title because they rostered a too old player (the coaches didn't know was the lame excuse)

In the spirit of amateurism I think the NCAA should have a similar rule.

to be bumped next year by reclasser. Then what, VLC??

I appreciate and respect the sacrifices of Casey Carroll and the work of BYU missionaries.

However, an age rule in the NCAA would do more good than harm. NCAA should be U23 or U24 at most - U24 would actually allow two years of holdback in total but no more.

Should a 29 year old take away an NCAA roster spot from an 18 year old?

I can confirm that all of Madlax 2019 Orange team was in the 1st grade 8 years ago today.

Are you implying they are all holdbacks. 8 years ago they should of been in kindergarten if they are starting 8th grade today.

Crabs 2019 have only 12 returning players. How do the 10 kids that were cut feel about reclassers in a critical year? After most tryouts have occurred?

Do these cut kids reclass and come back next year as 2020? Where does it stop?
Crabs and buddies at BL are at the heart of the reclass issue.

Families make the decision to repeat or start late. Some people mature later and some extra time helps. My son is a late bloomer and i wanted to give him some time to mature. Do i put him at a disadvantage because your kid grows some peach fuzz earlier?


McDonogh and Boys Latin DO NOT encourage it.

Most people that criticize this wish they had done the same...
practice harder, lift weights train.
Stop making excuses and make decisions that are best for your child.
You most likely never played a sport and look old compared to others your age.

It will all even out later.

And mind your own damn business....

So why is the holdback more prevent in Maryland than long island? Or is that just a misconception?

BL encourages it, Crabs encourage it.

It is my business when your 16 yo is playing my 13 yo in an 8th grade tournament. By the way, I am videotaping and plan to take you, tournament directors and USlacrosse to court if Jr gets injured. That's my way of evening it out...

seems like long islanders are too cheap to pay for their kids to go to private school where they could be held back

heck they are complaining about $3500 for Igloo which won all but one game it played in the 2013 - 2014 season

Who did they lose to? Sons?

BL encourages it, Crabs encourage it.

It is my business when your 16 yo is playing my 13 yo in an 8th grade tournament. By the way, I am videotaping and plan to take you, tournament directors and USlacrosse to court if Jr gets injured. That's my way of evening it out...

My 13 year old 8th grader brought up the hold back/reclassify issue last night. He goes to a MIAA school and plays lacrosse. As club tryouts in Baltimore end, the issue is being widely discussed at school. I asked him for his thoughts and what his friends think:
If they could, they would play up, not down. It would be an honor to be able to play up and their friends that play up are considered special players. The assumption is that playing up makes you better, playing down makes you worse. If you have to play down, you are likely over your head and playing with the wrong organization. There are plenty of good teams to play for. While there are no hold backs at their school or on their team (yet), they said that those kids are likely treated differently (not good differently). If the kid is staying back for academic reasons, he likely gets cut a great deal of slack. If for a sport (it is not just lacrosse) and it is obvious, the kid is likely given no slack at all. He did say that the grade above his -2018- has an abundance of good lacrosse players and that is likely driving the decision to repeat. Lastly, with regard to recruiting, they all think that the college coaches will eventually see through this. In most cases, a 15 year old should be able to beat a 13/14 year old at a sport. In a few years, when the kids are all the same size, age will no longer matter.

Families make the decision to repeat or start late. Some people mature later and some extra time helps. My son is a late bloomer and i wanted to give him some time to mature. Do i put him at a disadvantage because your kid grows some peach fuzz earlier?


McDonogh and Boys Latin DO NOT encourage it.

Most people that criticize this wish they had done the same...
practice harder, lift weights train.
Stop making excuses and make decisions that are best for your child.
You most likely never played a sport and look old compared to others your age.

It will all even out later.

And mind your own damn business....

Because 10 players just got cut from Crabs 2019 in favor of holdbacks They now have to reclass to compete.

Crabs make NPYLL go grade based so they can stay competitive with holdbacks. They were dying in age based, 2019 particularly.

BL likes $$ and exposure from lacrosse.

USlacrosse is impotent, likely because 1/2 its Baltimore based staff were holdbacks too.

Get it now?

My son is in 8th grade at BL and there are not holdbacks. There are a couple of 14 year olds but that is due to prefirst.