LI parents love to complain about holdbacks meanwhile their teams actively promote held back kids. The Duke Freshman should be graduating, and the #1 HS recruit in the country should also be finishing his frosh year in College. They actually changed the WSYL rules so he could play another year (cutoff moved back to May that year, not Sept.). How many LI Coaches have held their kids back? If you’re not a holdback at some clubs, good luck getting on the field.
I agree with this 100 percent. Long Island has plenty of holdbacks. Stop crying already. I know several kids repeating 8th grade on private school so they can go to a private high school a year older in 9th. I also know tons of parents who have kids with early birthdays……delaying the start of kindergarten. Long Island can’t claim we’re all “on age “ anymore. And no…..I’m not from Maryland
