FC Stars Big Announcement

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Realistically, very few people do this. In addition, it is “fair” because everyone can hold their kid back if they want. Most of all, club soccer is fueled by college recruitment! Colleges recruit by grad year. Colleges don’t care is a graduating senior is 17 or 19. More than anything, grad year is simply the best option (no option is totally fair) because it aligns with school, college, social groups and gives a full seemless team to every grade, every year. Simple!

You assume everyone playing youth soccer wants to play in college. Youth sports are youth sports and fairness is fairness. Allowing a 14 year old boy to play against 11 year old is ridiculous. So age brackets and cut off is needed.

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Exactly. Problem with graduation year though is this is youth sports and some kids could stay back or parents could hold them back, therefore there could be a 16 year old playing U14. Not fair. So they need an age range like before - say August 1 2001 - July 31 2002 was a team.

What makes August 1st so special? Why not July 1st? September 1st?

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You assume everyone playing youth soccer wants to play in college. Youth sports are youth sports and fairness is fairness. Allowing a 14 year old boy to play against 11 year old is ridiculous. So age brackets and cut off is needed.

Realistically, how often will that happen? Put a rule in so cater to what, .0005% of the population?

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Oh sure everyone is paying tens of thousands just so their kids get some fresh air and then head off to the parents favorite NESCAC

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Oh sure everyone is paying tens of thousands just so their kids get some fresh air and then head off to the parents favorite NESCAC

No different than spending large sums of money to have a lake house, go skiing every weekend, etc.

For some, it's an expensive, time-consuming hobby.

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Was canned from HS too.

Did he get canned after this season because he was coaching HS again

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What does any of this have to do with the super-exciting BIG NEWS coming from Stars??

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Who cares. Big news is always bad news in youth soccer.

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What does any of this have to do with the super-exciting BIG NEWS coming from Stars??

Exactly.
Where is the Scotch?

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What does any of this have to do with the super-exciting BIG NEWS coming from Stars??

maybe he is the big exciting announcement