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did it ever dawn on anyone that maybe we just love our kids and want to keep them around for an extra year. You only get a certain amount of time with them

Stupid statement..Who doesn't love their kid...Whats that got to do with playing down...Nobody has a problem with holding your child back for right reasons ..but you shouldn't get a special benefit of playing down in youth athletics .. Of course you will enjoy the benefit on your school teams and HS teams...but you shouldn't be entitled to a special privilege from NINE to Fourteen years old since you held you kid back for whatever reason......And if you love them that much hold them back a few years????

it was a joke, please be careful getting off of your high horse, don't fall

I have met many parents of children in sports that have been held back. Not one parent has ever said to me that it is unfair to younger children,,NOT ONE! All have a similar song and dance of ..their child needed more time, most of the coaches say play with your grade, it will even out later, etc..Not one has questioned if it right or wrong to play against younger kids..Of course that is what their children do every day in school! I know what I am talking about as I go to a MIAA school.

The only people who I feel sorry for are the LI Dads who are obsessed over this non-topic.

What are you going to do in HS? Protest the game because the other team had some kids older than yours?

Grow a pair. You're telling your son that whenever he loses, it's because someone robbed him.

Of course it is a non topic to people like you. But the majority of people who are explained this recent YOUTH sports change to grade based teams, it isnt. Most people think it is an unsavory part of youth sports allowing a select group to get an advantage. And then when a Club gets the majority of these select groups of players , the majority of people find it even more disgusting.
And it isnt just LI parents that feel this way. Many in MD do also. Middle school teams and HS teams are where you can use this advantage but in YOUTH sports , IT IS JUST PLAIN WRONG.

The only people who I feel sorry for are the LI Dads who are obsessed over this non-topic.

What are you going to do in HS? Protest the game because the other team had some kids older than yours?

Grow a pair. You're telling your son that whenever he loses, it's because someone robbed him.

Typical response from a wussy Dad who's son can't compete against kids his own age.
Sounds like you and your son are the one's that need to grow a pair, push him to play up not down. What's a matter the big boys scare sonny boy? My son plays up. Played Varsity as a rising 9th grader. He competed well against boys 3 and 4 years older. Try again loser...

So in 9th grade he was able to compete with 12th graders
But in 8th grade he couldn't handle hold-back 8th graders?

Great story

Typical response from a wussy Dad who's son can't compete against kids his own age.
Sounds like you and your son are the one's that need to grow a pair, push him to play up not down. What's a matter the big boys scare sonny boy? My son plays up. Played Varsity as a rising 9th grader. He competed well against boys 3 and 4 years older. Try again loser...

The only people who I feel sorry for are the LI Dads who are obsessed over this non-topic.

What are you going to do in HS? Protest the game because the other team had some kids older than yours?

Grow a pair. You're telling your son that whenever he loses, it's because someone robbed him.

So in 9th grade he was able to compete with 12th graders
But in 8th grade he couldn't handle hold-back 8th graders?

Great story

Careful. Long Island Dads are the TOUGHEST MEN ON THE INTERNET!

It is not just the LI parents. I am the parent of a 13 year old, 8th grader in Maryland and I am an opponent of holding a child back as well. If for academic reasons, you have my sympathies. If purely for sports, what lesson(s) are you teaching your child? You could not compete with your peers so we "fixed" things for you? The parents are feeding the entitlement syndrome that is so rampant in today's youth. Leave them where they belong and let them figure it out on their own; like your parents did for you and my parents did for me. The argument that they will play against older kids once in high school is totally invalid. The coaches decide if a 9th grader can compete with the upperclassmen. In this case, the parents are making the decision to put a 15 year old on the field with a 13 year old. The kids and parents in Baltimore all know each other. There is an inescapable stigma that a child will carry with him for repeating for sports only. I am embarrassed for the parents that do this and I am sure others are as well.

Do you people understand the concept of red shirting in college sports? Should these kids be embarrassed for themselves also?

Do you people understand the concept of red shirting in college sports? Should these kids be embarrassed for themselves also?

Keep crying, LI. We'll keep beating your teams and taking scholarships away from STRONG ISLAND.

LOL.

This statement is just nuts. If 20 years ago 90% of the kids playing in college came from three states. And now the sport has spread to both coasts and Texas. Of course the % of kids from the classic hot beds will go down. But I am 100% sure if there is a kid from Maryland who is 6'3 200 pounds and runs a 4.4 40 yard dash, He will be picked over any kid from a none hot bed state with the same size/stats.This is a good thing not a bad thing because as the sport spreads the presure for more D1 schools to pick up the sport will grow. Which egual more spots for more kids.

Bottom line: crabs is and will continue to pull the best kids from other MD area club teams. Best product out there.

Bottom line: crabs is and will continue to pull the best kids from other MD area club teams. Best product out there.

Bottom line: crabs is and will continue to pull the best kids from other MD area club teams. Best product out there.