Actuall the post-grad year is a quality Long Island move. Rob Pannell and Myles jones are among the highest profile Long Island kids. Does it matter in you do it in 9th grade or 12th grade?
Of course it matters. In 9th grade your play is that the kid is bigger and stronger than the little kids a year younger. As a result, he will stand out.
By 12th grade, 98% of the boys are fully grown, size is no longer the play.
PG play is all about--
getting grades up or playing for the specific school you want. In some cases, it used to be about another year of exposure because your HS team had a stud ahead of you and you never saw the field even though you were D-1 material. Today, this doesn't happen because kids are getting recruited in 9th grade before HS ball and as a result of club play...
Yes it matters. the reclass 8/9th graders are gaming the system for the size advantage.
MD parents are smart and figured it out early, the rest of the world is catching on and this will be common place if and when LAX gives full rides at D-1.
Most LI people won't do it now because it is a financial loser.
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