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Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
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.


Starting school late made them 2020, they should be 2019. They aren't natural 2020 graduation year, they are manipulated 2020's. So much for integrity and morals from the Christian club.


Manipulated??? In Kindergarten??? You are an idiot and your kid deserves to be on a B team while his loser father complains and rationalizes why his son isn't as good as competition. Do you think these parents did a pre-first year to gain athletic advantage. It is pretty common in MD, not something that just started. If they repeated 8th grade, then I would have an issue.


Prefirst is a private school phenomena and any child who did a prefirst is at an advantage over legitimate grade players. It is an extra year of school regardless of how justified and when it occurred. And lets admit it, in Baltimore elite private school circles especially with legacy lacrosse families, this is exactly why pre first is done in addition to being a revenue source for the schools. The great majority of the country does not have this prefirst nonsense and whether you knew it or not, it was created to give private school kids an advantage in athletics and academics. There is no valid, historical educational purpose for it. Own it and move on.


Perhaps you disadvantaged your child by not letting him attend a private school. If it means that much to you, buck up and send your son to Calvert Hall or Loyola