Regarding the age discrepancies in Lax: Are people sure this kind of thing doesn't happen in football and basketball or even soccer for that matter? I really don't know, but given the advantages, I can't imagine it doesn't happen in those sports too. I just don't know. Can someone shed light on this?
In soccer, this does not happen for three reasons.
First, everything from tournaments to leagues to showcases are driven by U-age brackets with hard and fast dates on the age groups.
Second, everything is sanctioned with player passes required; all of the player passes have the player's birthdate which had to be secured along with a copy of the birth certificate.
Third, every tournament event reviews the medical releases and player passes for each team member before allowing the team to participate.
Due to these three scenarios, holding back a player serves no value.
Thats how this "loose" sport should be, REAL rules that are enforced!
So lets see, thus far FOUR players in the 2017 class have committed. Two (both UNC) are held back and the other two (UVA & Penn St) are in he 2016 class and will PG once they leave H.S. anyone else sense the patten? These college coach DONT care, its a shame. But how can we blame the coaches, they don't make the rules and they need to win. What are we teaching our kids?
