Kids of all demographics hold their kids back for various reasons
Inner city basketball players Country folk football players Latin baseball players
All are older
All of them except for the over 98% of the population that attends school correct to their birth year. And inner city basketball players never do this if they are strong enough to play pro. Those kids are eager to go out and want to play up not down.
Nice try. Facts got in the way. The article is completely fair.
"And players repeating grades is not restricted to New Jersey. At least three of the top 12 players in the 2013 class nationally — Andrew Wiggins, Noah Vonleh and Wayne Seldon — repeated a grade. The No. 2 overall rated player in 2012, Nerlens Noel, also repeated."
"Coaches say the repeating trend has been going on for more than a decade — if not even longer. But the past five years, the fad has ramped up.
For instance, last season the St. Michael’s CYO AAU team from Union City won the 14-and-under state title. Afterward, Hurley said nearly the entire team repeated the eighth grade."
