Kids do not get "left back" for academic reasons. That is a laughable excuse for promoting an athletic holdback! Bottom line is that the advocates for the growth of the game of lacrosse should not be promoting the holding back of kids. It is just wrong. It is elitist, as not everyone is not in the position to do it. Make all the excuses you want, but this has never been about an individual kid, most of them are great people! It is about the parents, putting their children into unnatural situations, which put unnecessary pressure on them. Let them be, they will wind up where they belong. Instead of a holdback on a team, where he is not even good enough to start, where all the parents are talking. I would never do that to my kid, but I guess to each their own!