While the age based rules are being worked out, wouldn't it be nice if the organizations doing the rankings (USCL take note) required each club to state how many players on their roster have birthdays before September 1st 2009 for 2028 (and accordingly for other years). . Or even better, include some sort of adjustment into their formula calculations of team ranking based on the number of players above age? Bring it out into the open.
Maybe require every player to wear their month/year of birth on their jersey beneath the number? Then every time little Timmy gets beaten for a goal, his Mom can yell "it's ok Timmy, that boy is 9 months older than you so the goal doesn't really count and you're still the best!"
