Real-world football scenario.

 

Senior turns 19 in early August. Held back but allowed to play because he turned 19 after 8.1 .

 

Sophomore starting on the other team who is still 14. Won't be 15 until late August or maybe late September.

 

Those 4 years difference are huge on the gridiron. You're talking a kid that could be a "man" vs a kid that may have some size relative to his age but he is not "man strong."

My son's bitrthday is 8/31. If he was born on 9/1 he would still be a freshman this year. In fact, there were three kids on the freshman team that were older than him.

 

I took him to the NUC camps last year, not because of the recruiting exposure, but to make sure that he could compete with more mature competition. I even put him in with the class ahead of him. He got to go against a fellow by the name of Daniel Cage from Winton Woods. Although he was beat a couple of times, he had enough success to convince me that he could compete. The 18 and 19 year olds playing across from him don't care that he was only 15.

I think parents should be able to do whatever they want to do. It is the United States afterall.

I think parents should be able to do whatever they want to do. It is the United States afterall.

 

Yeah!!! Who cares about rights of the child, "parents should be able to do whatever they want to do". Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a disruptive child to put back in the closet.

My son's bitrthday is 8/31. If he was born on 9/1 he would still be a freshman this year. In fact, there were three kids on the freshman team that were older than him.

 

I took him to the NUC camps last year, not because of the recruiting exposure, but to make sure that he could compete with more mature competition. I even put him in with the class ahead of him. He got to go against a fellow by the name of Daniel Cage from Winton Woods. Although he was beat a couple of times, he had enough success to convince me that he could compete. The 18 and 19 year olds playing across from him don't care that he was only 15.

 

 

October 1st is the cutoff for enrollment, Aug 1st is the age cutoff for athletics.

 

Q. At what age are children required to enter school?

A. In Kentucky, under state law, all children must be enrolled in school between the ages of 6 and 16. Children can enter primary school at age 5, but only if their 5th birthday is on or before October 1 of the current school year. So, a 4-year-old who will turn 5 by October 1 can enroll in primary school. See the state law that outlines these requirements here.

All of this holding back causes problems in the MS football leagues. You can have 15 year old 8th graders playing against 12 year old 7th graders.

I'd like to see the numbers on NCAA Division 1 athletes, and the percentage of them that were held back. I would assume a large number of D1 athletes are hold backs, but just an assumption!

Agree whole heartedly with the first part of your post Jim...may be a tinge of truth in the last part but I won't quite go that far and relate it to hoping to play bball at UK.

 

Holdbacks for the sole purpose of athletics is ridiculous and I think getting more and more prominant. No problem with it if a kid is struggling with grades, is very immature for their age and not fitting in quite yet, etc. However, thats not what is happening a lot of the time today.

 

You know, in my day if you were 19 on garduation day, that actually usually carried a negitive "stigma" with it...and I'm just gonna be honest here...it was usually the "dumb" kids and/or those who didn't give a flying flip and failed a grade or two along the way. And usually there weren't many of them. Now it's routine to see 19 yo all over the high school campus because they have been held back to play ball. I say bull to that.

All of my experiences with boys being held back has been positive. We did that with both my boys and it has helped them. For my daughter, holding her back would have been a mistake for her.

 

If anyone is thinking of doing so for their kids and wants to send me a pm, please do so.

I say the only way to fix holdin kids back is to make it where thy can't play sports that year if thy played the year before.

I say the only way to fix holdin kids back is to make it where thy can't play sports that year if thy played the year before.

 

Tennessee does this with middle schoolers, they forfeit their freshman eligibility if they holdback in middle school if I read their rule correctly.

 

Tennessee does this with middle schoolers, they forfeit their freshman eligibility if they holdback in middle school if I read their rule correctly.

 

I think it's a great way to see what parents really need/want to hold their kids back and even though you'll have parents in ky say its for academic it's really athletic if their kids play a sport.