Originally Posted by Anonymous

All very good points but at the end of the day if my kid is going to Jake Reed, Maverik or a big time recruiting tournament I want him to play against kids in the same recruiting year


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Because, when my son (who is on age) went to Maverik Showtime and played in the All Star game, I knew that the 75 D1 coaches watching that game were evaluating him against other kids that will be entering College in the Fall of 2017 - NOBODY, except maybe the parents of the kids that didn't make the all star game care if some kids were 17 and some kids were 15 or who was what age. We also used it as a selling tool when talking to coaches that he was on the younger side of the grade and is competing at a high level when is still wasn't shaving. IMHO he would have gained nothing my competing against kids his same age but two grades behind him.