It is a competitive society we live in. Step up to the competition no matter what age. Here is the reality if your a freshman in college you will be playing guys 4 to potentially 7 years older(for example a held back kid, a pg year and a redshirt year) Might as well start learning how the world works now. If your kid cant play well against a 2016 he might as well find another sport.
This has to be the all-time dumbest comment. Because someone is unable to play at the level of another individual, they are meant to quit a sport?!!! That is like telling every golfer that did not win this past week's British Open (sorry, The Open) to quit golf because they couldn't compete. People play sports for a variety of reasons, most of them because they enjoy the sport and the camaraderie. Further, the difference in maturiity, physical and emotional, between most Freshmen and Juniors or Seniors are significant; that is why many programs (Chammy, Manhasset, and others) do not generally bring up Freshman onto the Varisty team.. Give people time to mature and they will do remarkable things. Stop assuming that the best kids now will necessarily be the best kids in 2017; many will, but many won't.
