We lived in Indiana when my son was ready to start school...due to his birthday being mid year he wasn't allowed to start school the same year as his same age cousin in Ky could. We could have started him earlier but would have had to have went to a child psychologist and had them sign off that he was ready at that age. So when we moved to Kentucky and he entered first grade he was 1/2 year on average older than the rest of his class. He graduated when he was 18 two months ahead of his 19th birthday. If we had been in Kentucky when he started school, he would have graduated at 17 not 18 years old.

Ditto for us. :thumb:

If you are held back for academic reasons you should not be able to play because you should be focusing on academics.

 

Very sad POV.

Holding a "Male" back is not a negative forTHAT KID, but it is a negative for every other kid in their correct grade trying to keep up with them. Too many kids in Northern and Eastern KY are holding their kids back, and acting as if they are as talented in the same grade as those n Southern and Western KY.... It has evened the playing field for them athletically because without that, they could not compete.... That should change now. A 17 year old should be on his way out of school; not just starting their Sophmore year, but it is happening more and more in the aforementioned parts of the STATE.

Obviously you have some bad info about NKY. This is not prevalent at all. Many kids graduate when they are 17, or just turned 18. Ironically, several years ago at the state football finals a fellow I spoke to said that many kids in Western Ky are held back, and he was surprised that it didn't happen in NKY.

He would be eligible to play his Senior year because he would be 19 his Senior Season.... Happens all the time. I also see kids transfering to Private Schools to avoid issues with eligibility.

If the private school they transfer to is part of the KHSAA they are bound by the same rules as the public schools.

Its a terrible rule. If a parent wants to hold a kid back so they can mature and be the best they can should have the right to do so. The KHSAA shouldnt be telling parents whats in the best interest of their kids. Just another rule to try and enforce. Becoming the NCAA. Have yet to hear a valid aurgument against other than the broad its for athletic purposes.

The rule isn't for the best interest of the kid being held back, it is for the kids he will be older than and more mature than when he plays against younger opponents. You are missing the point completely.

If you are held back for academic reasons you should not be able to play because you should be focusing on academics.

 

I used to feel the same way. Now I don't.

I could be wrong but the Salt River Conference already had this rule in play for middle school.

If you are held back for academic reasons you should not be able to play because you should be focusing on academics.

 

More specifically, you'll be academically ineligible to play. Again, Kenton County has had this rule for several years, and I know it's been challenged several times, over the last couple years, and those challenges failed. This rule is no different than the high school rule. If you fail a year in high school, you don't get an extra year of eligibility. You get 4 years and that's it. Middle school should be no different.

More specifically, you'll be academically ineligible to play. Again, Kenton County has had this rule for several years, and I know it's been challenged several times, over the last couple years, and those challenges failed. This rule is no different than the high school rule. If you fail a year in high school, you don't get an extra year of eligibility. You get 4 years and that's it. Middle school should be no different.

 

You can be academically eligible to play and still be held back because of grades.

You can be academically eligible to play and still be held back because of grades.

I guess you could, but it wouldn't be easy. I know the Kenton County rule, is two F's and you don't get to play. And if you are deemed ineligible for 3 different weeks for the season you are done.

I guess you could, but it wouldn't be easy. I know the Kenton County rule, is two F's and you don't get to play. And if you are deemed ineligible for 3 different weeks for the season you are done.

 

In HS according tomKHSAA you can be eligible with 1 F and the rest Ds if you are on block and if you are passing 5/7 if you are on periods.

 

So if a school goes by this in MS they could be struggling but still be eligible to play.

More specifically, you'll be academically ineligible to play. Again, Kenton County has had this rule for several years, and I know it's been challenged several times, over the last couple years, and those challenges failed. This rule is no different than the high school rule. If you fail a year in high school, you don't get an extra year of eligibility. You get 4 years and that's it. Middle school should be no different.

 

I don't have a dog in this fight. That being said, is anyone really arguing with the bolded (I haven't read every single post)?

I am debating on doing this my son willl be 17 his Senior year. If I hold him back it will be when he is a 5th grader. Most of his friends are 8 and he is 7. I can tell a big difference between 8 and 7 year olds when it comes to sports.

The practice of redshirting is a joke. Your kid isn't gonna play for the 'Cats. Get over it and let them live a reasonably healthy life without outrageous athletic expectations from parents who weren't really as good as they'd like to remember, either.

Great rule. Long overdue. Another step in trying to level the playing field and take away advantages in athletic competition.