How old is that new 2023 addition from RR 2022? Not a holdback???
If the kid was a 2022 and is now a 2023, that's a reclass, not a holdback.
Remember, holdback means held back from starting school on time while reclass means they repeated a grade.
Disappointed to hear that BL has reclassed kids. They have always seemed like an above board club that didn't get involved in this silliness.
Not affiliated with BL but... When kids show up at your tryouts and they are graduating in 2023 why wouldn't you keep them? That's the system unless it changes and they go with birth year. If you don't like it, put your efforts into strengthening and changing US Lacrosse rules.
Lots of BL parents have posted on this forum claiming they have ZERO reclassified kids and ZERO holdbacks, saying they are just a really good team because the kids are athletic. I guess we're now hearing differently. (And the WSYL roster information showed that "summer birthdays" means something very different to BL parents than it does to others.)
As for US Lacrosse, they have come out with their age segmentation policy that some organizers (NXT is a good example of someone local) are implementing, albeit as a phased in practice. Aged based is coming, but it's going to take a few years before it covers all youth lacrosse.
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