Originally Posted by Anonymous
The main difference btwen the MS example and hold acme is that you knowingly put your son on the field knowing there are older boys playing. With holdbacks, in my view you do not assume that the boys are older. You assume that since they are all in same grade, they are all approximately the same age.


If your son is playing in the 2020 AA division of a tournament you have to be pretty naive and/or uninformed if you don't know that there will be some older kids. There are plenty of age based tournaments. Play those if you are worried about halfbacks.