it was once an honor to play up, to strut your stuff and yes maybe brag about how you or your kid played up. now they do this when they play down. I don't get it. does this make me old school. is this really the new wave of the future.
A kid plays up now and I see how they say it is a weak school or weak league. Really come on.
I knew the Dc kids growing up (70's DOB) were held back because they were mommas boys and could not handle the separation to head to kindergarten... so they were held back since they could afford $$$ to do it. it was cheating back then, money gave little johnny an extra year to grow up. then people outside of the muffy and buffy AREAS of Chevy Chase and the more affluent ne areas caught on and learned how (in the 80's) anyone who could afford to do it could hold back their kid. it wasn't for sports at first but academics and the BS of social wellbeing/adjustment. All just trying to game the system because they could.
