I heard very well what they said at recruiting tournaments you were not the only person there !! They don't care about YOU or YOUR KID .as a parent your job is to do what's best for your kid !!! The benefits of holding your kid back is to be bigger and stronger and a little more mature so hopefully a college will pick them up. So what you are really telling your kid is ... Honey your not as good as others so let's cheat, hold you back a year so you will be bigger and hopefully better than the younger kids. Am I wrong ??? I just hope these kids being held back aren't being forced because of daddy's dream I know I wouldn't want to have to stay in school a extra year !