Black Ice has 2020 kids Avalanche also has older kids born before December 2002. You can't pick and choose which teams to police. Until someone steps in and does something about this age issue the rules are that there are no rules and no one is cheating.
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Who cares if team Long Island has older kids. Both igloo teams have kids born in 2002 that should be 2020 and are held back. If igloo has kids born October 2002 but are 2021 graduate and team Long Island has a kid born November 2002 but is going to be a 2020 graduate is TLI chesting and igloo not? Black ice has 2020 kids too. Give it a rest. You lost. Move on.
that is not the case with Team Long Island. They have Nov 01 to Aug 02's. At least a year older !
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I used to agree with following NY state or LI cut off of 12/1 for each team, but I think now, as long as the kids fit the 9/1 cut off that all the other states follow, it is more appropriate and fair, it also lines up with USL guidelines. I don't agree with going with a 2 yr spread, but at the very least following 9/1 seems to level the playing field a bit. You cannot go after one team, because almost every team has 1-2 players that are Fall birthdays due to a late start in a Kindergarten. It will only get worse as the standards are ramped up. LI teams have always been at a slight disadvantage in comparison to other states that use a 9/1 cut off, but now that many are leaving their kids back for lax purposes, you are at an even bigger disadvantage. Any NY/LI team with Fall birthdays shouldn't even be blinked at unless the club announces they adhere to a strict 12/1 cut off.
