Anyone who holds their kid back before Kindergarten reg. other than for scholastic reasons is a 'Cheater'. Pure and simple. Can NEVER be fully trusted. And believe me, their close circle of so called friends (and town) know this. And if you don't think people don't talk about these parents behind their backs, they do. And it's usually not positive.
The blame should be placed on colleges. They wanted to see the kids broken down by graduation year for evaluating their incoming classes. Before the new NCAA rule, this would have applied directly to the 2021s and 2022s a lot this summer. Now that it is pointless to look at a kid until after their sophomore year, there is no longer any reason to use graduation years for middle schoolers or even freshmen. Let's hope the clubs do the right thing and institute the 9/1 cutoff for each year.
