I think it sends a bad message to the child. "hey sonny boy, you are not good enough to play against your own age , so we are going to have you play against the little kids so you standout more" not a good message
I posted this last year but think it is appropriate for this discussion again. My 2017 son (who had just turned 14) attended Jake Reed last summer and I was told by Jake Reed himself that over 70 of the 120 kids there were technically a year older than most state age cutoffs for rising freshman would be (not just LI which is more conservative). There were many 15 year olds and several 16 year olds. People were not even shy discussing it or hiding it. This is pervasive and becoming more so. Particularly when someone like Jamie Munro is essentially advocating it at his recruiting seminars at his camps. Not sour grapes here or an excuse, and kids need to compete regardless if they want to have opportunities, and I realize coaches don't really care, just the facts.
