It is amazing how ill-informed the people are that post in this thread. The FCA players who were "brought down" played up. They are and always have been 2020's.
September 1, 2000 - August 31, 2001 birthday = 2019!
Doesn't matter is you repeated kindergarten, started school late, or repeated 8th grade, your kid is still a holdback. Goalie is a holdback! Don't know about the other 2019's who moved down.
Would agree with parts of this. As a whole, FCA Blue players are older than most 2020s- you do not need to hold back to be a player older than the norm for the age group. Summer birthdays are tricky and most would not consider birthdays from May to June purposely manipulating the rules. The best teams have several of these kids simply because in the youth years they tend to show better but it does even out. These are legitimate 2020 kids that were given a month or two due to maturity or learning issues etc-not for the malicious intent to be better. They are not pre first or repeating grades. In an age based league they would not qualify but when playing grade they really are 2020.
