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Post by mamadona on Oct 28, 2024 12:43:05 GMT -5
I'm assuming older age group would remain a catch all age group vs creating a separate u19 group right? Oh I see what you mean. What about the ones in their senior year but held back or Aug birthdays, will they still be allowed on U18? U15 = freshmen U16 = sophomores u17 = juniors u18 = seniors There will be no U19 Someone correct me if I'm wrong please |
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Post by Soccerhouse on Oct 28, 2024 13:31:01 GMT -5
I think the oldest age group historically was a u18/u19 composite team.
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Post by slickdaddy96 on Oct 28, 2024 16:32:53 GMT -5
As I said before in this post. No matter where you put the age brackets some group of kids are going to get screwed from it. Right now Early month birthday kids get an advantage to be on higher level teams. If they change it back, it will just benefit the August and later birthdate kids and screw over the ones currently getting the benefit. Either way some kid is getting messed over. At this point honestly they should just leave it be, and if higher level leagues want to change it for them only let them do it, and either way they need to do it better than they did it last time. They need to grandfather people in that are say U13 and over playing 11v11 already, and only start this for the Academy age kids and lower. Then the next year it will be U14 and above is grandfathered in and so on and so forth until all 11v11 age groups are with whatever new standard they want to enact. That way you don't mess over folks again that have already lived through one set of age changes already. I'm so glad my son has aged out, and my daughter only plays recreation if that after this season. As a referee this won't affect me at all, so I won't give a crap once all my kids quit playing or age out. While I hear what you are saying I disagree with you. I think someone would getting screwed. Yes some teams will be mixed up some but I don't think that entails being screwed. You are never entitled to a spot on a team year over year. I think the change to birth year actually screwed people by trapping players. If they want to grandfather people, I hope they do it for those who have already started high school but not go back further. Nope no one is guaranteed a spot, but as others have already posted statistics on this post and other age change posts here historically. The majority of higher level teams tend to be front loaded with the closest birth months to the start of that age group, with the later months lagging and almost non-existent. This is because the older kids (even by a only a few months) tend to be bigger and faster than the younger ones even within the same year age group. So yes it screws someone over PERIOD. You may not care because it helps your kid, but keep in mind it does screw someone else over. I think the trapped player argument is overblown. Most high level teams train and play year round trying to keep their players from even playing High School to begin with. The lower levels have fixed the issue by having friendly seasons in the spring for U15 aged kids that are still in 8th grade. I know my kid actually played in that season even though he wasn't a trap year kid and simultaneously played for his HS and the spring friendly season. It was not that hard to do, and he did not get any fatigue from doing it. |
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Post by maze on Oct 29, 2024 19:00:25 GMT -5
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