I tell you one other reason it might suck for Billy, Bobby or Jake. You parents that decided to hold your son back a year. So not only do we need our sons to mature quicker than they might have as they are competing for spots in 9th and 10th grade against kids that may be 9-10 months older. You know the kid, twice the size of everyone else in 8th grade with hair on his legs. If colleges recruited 11th and 12th graders the field would be leveled. It is amazing how much more we care as parents than our parents did. Will be interesting to see with all of this attention bestowed upon them, if our kids do the opposite with their own. With all the pressure they felt growing up, maybe they are the ones that restore sanity to this situation. Allowing their sons and daughters to just go outside and "play" and have a normal childhood without trying to chase their parent's dream.