BS is BS

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Take up with USSF it’s their initiative

That the club is not required to follow; it's up to their own discretion and BS is taking advantage of it. It's not even a formalized initiative really so many clubs use it to play better players on the younger teams and get a few extra wins. Keeps parents happy too - they think their kid is the bomb

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If he has a December birthdate he’s playyng up by playing his birth year

No he’s not, if he’s born in 2003, then u16 is age appropriate.

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That the club is not required to follow; it's up to their own discretion and BS is taking advantage of it. It's not even a formalized initiative really so many clubs use it to play better players on the younger teams and get a few extra wins. Keeps parents happy too - they think their kid is the bomb

They are staying within the lines of USSF policy. I have had Lots of issues with BS but this isn’t one of them

If you are so upset talk to USSF. Better yet talk to Mickey and up your donation

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There are players on 2004s that are in same boat. Small players playing same position now they have to sit and loose playing time. There development not important. Why not move them down.
Oh yea, they don't give the big bucks.
Everybody in club knows whats going on.

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There are players on 2004s that are in same boat. Small players playing same position now they have to sit and loose playing time. There development not important. Why not move them down.
Oh yea, they don't give the big bucks.
Everybody in club knows whats going on.

Please cry me a river. In college or in some cases high school you are competing with kids of all ages. The best player plays, period. It doesn’t matter the age.

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There are players on 2004s that are in same boat. Small players playing same position now they have to sit and loose playing time. There development not important. Why not move them down.
Oh yea, they don't give the big bucks.
Everybody in club knows whats going on.

It’s happening with 2004/2005 as well at BS. A 2004 on the 2005 game report.

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It’s happening with 2004/2005 as well at BS. A 2004 on the 2005 game report.

Looks like each team in that game had 2 2004 players according to the game report.

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Bs is bs

NYCFC does the same thing with smaller kids. One of them used to be on my sons bs 14 Academy team

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Looks like each team in that game had 2 2004 players according to the game report.

None of them actually played

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NYCFC does the same thing with smaller kids. One of them used to be on my sons bs 14 Academy team

It’s a silly practice, either play your age or play up, not down. Too bad if you’re smaller, that’s life in sports. You don’t have to be big to play a sport like soccer as we all know. Should small sophomores be allowed to play on the freshman team in HS? Should all soccer leagues allow this practice (ECNL/NPL/travel/rec). Why does the DA, with the supposed best players do something like this?

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None of them actually played

How do you know that none of them played?

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How do you know that none of them played?

I was at the game

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It’s a silly practice, either play your age or play up, not down. Too bad if you’re smaller, that’s life in sports. You don’t have to be big to play a sport like soccer as we all know. Should small sophomores be allowed to play on the freshman team in HS? Should all soccer leagues allow this practice (ECNL/NPL/travel/rec). Why does the DA, with the supposed best players do something like this?

it’s to fight Relative age effect and ensure that large, fast less technical players don’t get all of the attention. It’s part of widening the net so that small technical players get noticed and don’t fall through the cracks. That’s part of the DAs job

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it’s to fight Relative age effect and ensure that large, fast less technical players don’t get all of the attention. It’s part of widening the net so that small technical players get noticed and don’t fall through the cracks. That’s part of the DAs job

Then use size and weight brackets, like wrestling. Don't use age.

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I was at the game

And you personally know who the 2004 players were on both teams. Weird.