If the leagues did an exact birth year age bracket system, it would take about 1 minute for some parent to complain that a kid is 11 months older than their kid. The late birthers would be accused of planning pregnancies to game the system.
Spoken like an true apologist for holdbacks. Only people complaining would be the parents of the holdbacks. They would have to play at their age bracket. Cant have that.. Need an advantage other players exact same birthday dont get.
I like the idea of 6 month age bracket vs. a full year. It keeps the kids developmentally closer together.
And....there we go. Why not exact birthday?
Perfect..That along with certain weights and heights. 5000 different leagues each year..
Grade base along with some age restrictions like maybe May 1? or June 1? cutoff. That along with ANYONE who wants to play down with a Birthday after May 1/June 1 can just like the holdbacks do. That would put an end to all these older teams and stop people ( rightly so) of complaining that why do these select kids get an advantage when others dont. Certain teams attract majority of holdbacks. Now anyone who wants can play at that age, can. Many wouldnt do it and some may take advantage of it. But this would level the playing field at YOUTH CLUB level. With ER not happening in 8th-9th grade anymore having exact grades of players isnt as important. Of course it will never happen.
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