News alert - the only people who consider this an "issue" are bizarre LI dads. Everyone else - including college coaches - doesn't care.
Look at hockey. Nearly every major prospect is older for his grade, and nobody cares.
You guys are great entertainment.
You are uninformed. USA Hockey governs all youth hockey games, leagues and tournaments. There is one age category - the year you were born in. January 1, luckiest kid; December 31, unlucky. There is no ambiguity with USA hockey. Once you get to Junior Hockey this changes and you can have different age kids, but until then, up through U18 [lacrosse] hockey, you have to play within your birth year or you can play up. There is no reason why lacrosse shouldn't institute something like this at the younger age groups. Once you get to 9th grade and everyone is in high school it doesn't make such a difference, but before then it definitely does - an A-/B+ player in his correct age group (not grade) becomes an absolute stud once they are heldback/reclassed. Teams on Long Island follow US Lacrosse Rules and use either an 8/1 or 8/31 cut off.
