Some numbers for you! My kid is a 2018 that played for the Crabs at U13. The team was comprised mostly of 7th graders and some 6th graders (20 kids). There was only one "true" 6th grader and he has since reclassed to 2020 Crabs - now at FCA. The other four 6th graders were pre-firsts if you go by the 8/31 cutoff date and are 2019 Crabs. Of the 15 7th graders four of them reclassed to 2019 Crabs. Of the 20 kids (15 7th graders) that were on that roster there are only 6 kids remaining from that team on the 2018's Crab team today. Of the 20 kids on that U13 Crabs team 12 of them are D1 commits at this point (2 of which are with other clubs) and there will be more to follow. The 2018 Crabs team today has many more commits from the additions over the past four years. But, for the gentleman that thinks the Crabs 2023 team is the best and they all will be D1 players as 6th graders - things change! Better players come along and kids get cut. That mature 6th grader might be a undersized 10th grader. Kids leave for other programs. Kids stop playing! It was a great experience playing for the Crabs, but I am glad it was during the U-13 age appropriate era.
This post should be copied and pasted over and over again on this site. You can change the club name and it could easily apply to many other teams. But this also proves the point of the guy who complains about the kids reclassing. This information proves the point of it really works and really happens. And when a on age parent complains he has a point and he is not just Bit*hing.
