[/quote] Most of our kids start school later than most. So they are already 1 year ahead. So when we re-class the kids in 6th, 7th and 8th grade. most of the boys are already 1 1/2 to 2 years older than the other states. Yes, the rules are based on grade but the kids are much older than most.
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Yes, the entry cut off for MD is earlier than in NY so there is an age gap there, hence what people refer to as LI holdbacks (any kid with a fall birthday). It is a completely irrelevant term for other areas. Kids are not 1.5 to 2 years older to start. At most, it is a year if there was delayed entry into K. With a late entry who then holds back you can get 1.5-2 year age differences but this is not the norm or the baseline. The vast majority of “off age” kids have had a delayed entry in K. There is an acceleration of double holdbacks which is a bad thing, but to all the points in the previous long post, the incentives are there for this to happen. [/quote]

Incorrect. You say that “kids are not 1.5 to 2 years older to start.” “At most, it’s a year.” As you stated, due to the MD cut off date being 6 months earlier than NY. “Hence” you need to add 6 months to that 1 year number. So at minimum MD players are 1.5 years older than NY players. “Hence” math is not your strong suit, now is it? “Hence” more BS from this know nothing parent who doesn’t know a lacrosse stick from a broomstick. And let’s “hence” hope you don’t know when the birthdays of every child playing youth lacrosse, as you portray yourself because that’s just sick. I know it’s total BS like the rest of the garbage in your post, but just so you know, that’s not a good look for you. Question: When you and your MD brethren brag about “playing with the big boys” when the LI teams come to town, who exactly are the “big boys”? Your MD boys that play down 1.5 years or more, or the LI boys that are playing in the correct grade at the correct age, against boys that are far older. Always wondered about that. “Hence”.