I'm not a holdback guy myself, but I don't understand the issue with the Crabs player. I think the facts are as follows:
He played on 2026 crabs last year.
He repeated 8th grade starting this fall and now is on the 2027 Crabs.
He played in an off-season gimmicky tournament with his 2027 team and they won the event. woo hoo.
He and/or his families posted his highlights on social media.
what is the big deal with any of this? Every class from 2027 and up in all good programs, especially Crabs, is full of holdbacks, 2028's are catching up too. Why is there an issue with this player?
I think the issue may be no one likes a cheater.
Except that it's not cheating. The kid is currently enrolled in 8th grade - that's the only applicable rule. And which team(s) can you confirm are all entirely on-age?
If an older kid is playing younger kids - its cheating. The rules are wrong.
Where I come from, Northern Virginia, rec lacrosse is age based, but all the divisions consist of two year age bands. Every game has players up to twenty-four months apart going against each other, and it is completely legal. Do you think all the older kids who play under those rules are cheaters too? And even if lacrosse were age based with just one year per division, you would still have kids up to twelve months apart going against each other. If a kid with a January birthday smokes a kid with a December birthday, would you say he is a cheater?
