Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of any seniors or "A-List" players who were held back in junior high and should have graduated last year. I feel like this occurs quite often just not talked about openly.

It is legal until the player turns nineteen then he or she is ineligeble. Also they would only be able to do it in middle school due to four years of highschool eligalbility.

The 2nd part of your post is not quite correct. A student who turns 19 before August 1st is ineligible for interscholastic competition. A student who turns 19 after August 1st is eleigible for the entire year.

You are right by-law three khsaa rules on age.

It happens everywhere. I would guess more than half of the best seniors were at one time held back.

Proffit, Hammonds, and Smith for SL were all three held back.

My mom had the choice to start me early or hold me back for another year, I was one of the biggest kids in my grade and I think about how things coulda been if she wouldn't have got tired of me one year to soon. (on a side note she's a female and doesn't think about these things)

O.J Mayo along with thousand's of other's.

The only reason for being held back IMO, is grades and if you don't have the grades, then you should not be playing basketball anyways. I agree this happens all to often.

The only reason for being held back IMO, is grades and if you don't have the grades, then you should not be playing basketball anyways. I agree this happens all to often.

 

You are entitled to that opinion, but age, maturity, social development and even size should be considered py parents. Many kids graduate at 17 and another year of maturity and development would have been quite useful, and I am not talking about athletics. Your opinion doesn't really consider all relevant issues.

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I disagree. I think parents that dont have the forsite to keep their kids from starting school early , should be allowed to correct the mistake in elementary school or middle school by holding them back. I think parents should be able to make decisions that give their children the best chance at succeding.

 

 

Monte Calloway ( from Southwestern) averaged 24 points as a senior. Monte could have been a sophomore that year. A sophomore averaging 24 points a game would have gotten alot more recognition than a senior. In fact he would have probably been a Mr. Basketball candidate by his senior year, If his parents would have held him back.

 

I cannot think of one single draw back to holding kids back.

You are entitled to that opinion, but age, maturity, social development and even size should be considered py parents. Many kids graduate at 17 and another year of maturity and development would have been quite useful, and I am not talking about athletics. Your opinion doesn't really consider all relevant issues.

 

I totally agree. :thumb:

IMO, grades have little to do with the primary reason for parents to exercise their best judgment in regard to the grade level in which their son should be enrolled.

 

We’ve all known kids that hit puberty in the 5th or 6th grade and were shaving and flexing new muscles in the 7th grade. As a result, they were the studs of their middle school teams. We’ve also known many others who didn’t “bloom” until much later, and didn’t truly “fill out” until after graduation.

 

I could name the names of several guys who were studs in middle school, but topped out early and were passed up by later bloomers in high school. I could also name many guys that didn’t hit their big growth spurt until their freshman year, but came on like gangbusters and were pleasant surprises for their high school coaches. Many of these guys even earned college scholarships. ( I know one guy who was 5’9” and 165 lbs the day he graduated H.S. and two years later was 6’3” and 200+. A year back would have helped him immensely. )

 

O.J. Mayo is a freak of nature (in a good way.) It wouldn’t have mattered if he had been ahead one, or even two years of where he is today. He was second team All-State in Kentucky as a 7th grader and first team as an 8th grader. Does anyone really think that being ahead a year or two would have hindered his game? If anything, he may have benefited from getting through school sooner to qualify for the NBA draft before the new rules came into effect.

 

The fact is that 999,999 out of a million young men aren’t much like O.J. Mayo. If the rules allow up to 19 (after August) and that’s what is enforced, I don’t see a problem. By their senior year, most athletes are about the same level of physical maturity… not all but most. So whether they started a year early, on time, or a year later and are 19, it doesn’t much matter.

 

I think it’s a good policy that allows smart parents to do what they feel is best for their kids. As for parents who are knuckleheads… you can’t do much with them anyway. :lol:

It happens everywhere around here isthatallyougot

So back to the list.....any others? What about all of these underclassman at JBS and Elliot Co. True they may be in Frosh and Soph classes but agewise are they supposed to be a grade higher?

Big debate in our household. I've seen too many good things about keeping kids back one year, both athleticly and socially.