This holdback guy is chasing his tail and clearly never took a logic class in HS, or college, if he even attended. There is zero collective benefit to your playing your son down other than he is miserable in school and needs a second chance (valid) or you want him to look better vs. younger less mature competition. Spare us the argument of how its good for us, because it isn't while the kids are maturing. By the time they become jr.s your little/big johnny's advantage will be diminished. Just crawl back in your hole and keep your head down and hope you don't get called out and keep patting yourself on your back and saying "thanks" when everyone tells you how good your son looks because it is fleeting and ephemeral and you know it and the sad thing is, he probably knows it to and will require therapy at some point in his life for the false sense of confidence you enabled--great work.
In my area, it is very common for public school kids to repeat if they transfer into private, even if they don't play a sport. Public school education is basically third world. I get your argument as it pertains to grade-based youth sports, but the smart ones just continue to play up, and then in HS you just play your grade. You worry about yourself, not what some public school parents think about your educational path. Because private school kids have no track record of success in college ball, right? College ball is all public school kids. Yup, you got us there, dude, I got nothing..
Maybe where you are from the public schools are lacking but we have reviewed the objective real life data in our area and public are generally superior in the academic course offerings at higher levels because private schools can not scale to that level, SAT scores are comparable and in many cases higher, college admittance and retention is comparable (not just admittance as little Johnny has to work and fit in once accepted) for the top 1/3 of most public schools (outside of inner cities). Not to mention that they are not filled with individuals such as yourself making sweeping statements with no basis. If your kid can not be in the top 2/3 academically in a public school than the private school small class size and hand holding are the best thing for them. There are a myriad of other intangibles that make one a better choice over the other but academics is not necessarily one of them. Please do some research.
