Never will understand the parents reasoning behind this.
Because, it’s allowed and accepted by the sport, and a clear advantageous move! It’s rewarded at the college level! Look at the top D1 school rosters. They LOVE holdbacks!
If your kid wants to “play” on one of those teams, you need to consider holding back 1 and now maybe even 2 years!!! fool, but unfortunately becoming a reality.
This is why it’s an elitist sport, and becoming even more so. It cost lots of $$s to repeat 1 or 2 grades. Public schools do not allow holding back for sports reasons. You would need to switch to private.
The “LAX families” have known the holdback game and advantage it has, and have been doing it for years starting at Kindergarten age, pre first, etc…. Mainstream families just catching up on the whole holdback scenario, as now it’s almost a must! SAD! The Sport needs to change the rules and fix it at youth levels. It’s getting out of hand.
However, I think the people in charge of the sport and the rules are prob. From the “LAX families” this all started with?
