Originally Posted by Anonymous
So with all this argument over age based reclassification. Injuries and what no (which I don't think exist) what of an on age kid who is clearly superior in size and speed to everyone else? We have all seen this kid. He just got there faster. Will he be banned from playing? What is the answer? I mean really, it's the same thing isn't it? Its a safety issue if he is allowed to continue playing with the smaller kids. Maybe the smaller kids shouldn't be allowed to play. That would make it safer. The answer is there is no answer. The age reclass argument is based on winning and losing, nothing more. The parents posting on here could care less about injuries, they just want the Trophy/t-shirt.


Lame. Of course there are kids that get big, fast and strong at an early age (as you say, they get there faster). But such kids are rare. By playing a grade based system where different teams/parts of the country have large differences in the ages of the players, you significantly increase the occurrence of players who are significantly bigger, stronger and faster than their opponents. By playing on age, such occurrences are minimized. Not eliminated, but minimized. Such is an achievable and worthy goal.

Moreover, the kid who "gets there faster" can always play up in a age based system if his family deems such to be is his best developmental interest. Than he can move back to his proper age when the other kids catch up.