You are tired of the holdback argument because your kids probably benefit from it. Every other organized youth sport is age based. Why is lacrosse different? Why do USL guidelines recommend age based classification - because they know it is unsafe, creates an unlevel playing field and damages the sport by continuing to perpetuate the stereotype that it is a rich white kids sport. Cooking the books at the youth level by allowing kids who should be in 8th and 9th grade (by age) play against 6th and 7th graders does no one any good (except the holdbacks who look like Paul Rabil). High school is a different animal as those players are not grouped by grade - they are grouped by ability.
Enjoy it while you can - age based lacrosse classification is coming.... | 
