If the new 5 holdback rule is true, Madlax will stop going to NLF. There is no way they will be able to compete. If you go down their roster of 29, I see at least 13 kids with birthdays before 9/1/2005. It would knock out four of their starting offense (leaving just the owners kids) and two of their starting close. It could get real ugly, real fast. Unless they want to have separate rosters for NLF and non-NLF, there are as many as 8 kids that could be on the chopping block.
It is definitely true but the cut off date is not 9/1/05. It’s 1/1/06.
If that is the case, then NLF just dug its own grave. That makes no sense. Any club outside of LI where the school cutoff is 1/1/06 will stop going. A 1/1/06 cut off eliminates a 1/3 (4 months from Sept 1 to Dec 31) of any 2024 team outside of LI. And don't forget LI is in the minority here. For the most part, the rest of the country uses 9/1/05. That is why USL adopted 9/1/05. Why would any non-LI club team want to use an age cutoff for a grade base tournament that doesn't line up with their grade start date??
You better re-check your cut-off dates, because I just did, and it is not as cut and dried as you would like to portray it. You're obviously a parent of one of the ML re-classed players.
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