ECNL wants to switch back to school year from birth year

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I’m the other poster with the kid who went to Lacrosse. It seems there are few parents here with trapped 8th graders or who had trapped 8th graders. The problems are real. Those of you saying they are not have zero experience.

Boo hoo. Your precious kiddo had to take a couple months off. Cry me a river about your "problems".

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Too many of you are acting like your idiosyncratic personal experiences matter on a broad policy basis. Everyone has their own crosses and burdens and this is not stuff that is crucial for their life. It's a side sport that will not be part of their career. Get out of it what you can, and move on.

Not a side sport, my kid is planning to play college soccer. Soooo speak only of yourself and your own experiences.

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Of course they will live, the *******s who keep posting that are ridiculous. Your January Mia will also live when it goes back to grade year. She just may lose her roster spot.

Keep kids playing with friends in their own grade. Don't force 20-30% to feel as outcasts because they happened to be born later. Going back to grade year solves all of that and helps recruiting.

Yep. And ECNL, GA, USSF and every coach, club owner, director knows this has been a mistake that needs to be rectified.

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Not a side sport, my kid is planning to play college soccer. Soooo speak only of yourself and your own experiences.

College soccer is also irrelevant for your adult life. It's still a side sport unless you're planning to go pro. Everything is just for leisure and personal development and cannot be optimized for every Snowflake Situation.

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College soccer is also irrelevant for your adult life. It's still a side sport unless you're planning to go pro. Everything is just for leisure and personal development and cannot be optimized for every Snowflake Situation.[/QUOTE

Sorry for your family on so many levels. It’s takes a very unhappy person to not see another perspective especially when it’s about what’s best for kids. I get that you or your family is not affected by having a trapped 8th grader who also doesn’t get a fair shake her junior year. But you are a special type and likely struggle with depression. There’s no way to communicate with you. I’m just sorry for you and your family.

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College soccer is also irrelevant for your adult life. It's still a side sport unless you're planning to go pro. Everything is just for leisure and personal development and cannot be optimized for every Snowflake Situation.

All sports have the ability to unlock doors to colleges that might not have been there without said sport. You're a loser with a narrow mind like the majority of people who use the word "snowflake". Good luck.

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All sports have the ability to unlock doors to colleges that might not have been there without said sport. You're a loser with a narrow mind like the majority of people who use the word "snowflake". Good luck.

AND, college athletics has the ability to unlock career doors.

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College soccer is also irrelevant for your adult life. It's still a side sport unless you're planning to go pro. Everything is just for leisure and personal development and cannot be optimized for every Snowflake Situation.

So sad for you... I'm still friends with former teammates.

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Clearly nobody with any brain power would make such a comment. Probably a troll, or as just mentioned - a very sad person.

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Sorry for your family on so many levels. It’s takes a very unhappy person to not see another perspective especially when it’s about what’s best for kids. I get that you or your family is not affected by having a trapped 8th grader who also doesn’t get a fair shake her junior year. But you are a special type and likely struggle with depression. There’s no way to communicate with you. I’m just sorry for you and your family.

If your kid is not on college radars until junior year then college soccer (at a high level) is not happening. That has nothing to do with being trapped, its based on talent. If your kid is looking to play d2 or d3 (great fit for many) then they can wait to be seen. It seems like trapped parents worry so much about their kid being bottom of roster, but almost no player goes from bottom of one age to top of the one below which is what you'd need to do for this to matter much.

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If your kid is not on college radars until junior year then college soccer (at a high level) is not happening. That has nothing to do with being trapped, its based on talent. If your kid is looking to play d2 or d3 (great fit for many) then they can wait to be seen. It seems like trapped parents worry so much about their kid being bottom of roster, but almost no player goes from bottom of one age to top of the one below which is what you'd need to do for this to matter much.

The large majority of youth players are not in contention for college soccer "at a high level". Once you get outside of the top 40-50 D1 college programs, the rest of the programs are all just different shades of the same thing. So a trapped player who is "not on college radars until junior year" might very well not be on those radars because of their trapped situation (always at showcases on teams where the college coaches are looking mostly at the grade above).

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College soccer is also irrelevant for your adult life. It's still a side sport unless you're planning to go pro. Everything is just for leisure and personal development and cannot be optimized for every Snowflake Situation.[/QUOTE

Sorry for your family on so many levels. It’s takes a very unhappy person to not see another perspective especially when it’s about what’s best for kids. I get that you or your family is not affected by having a trapped 8th grader who also doesn’t get a fair shake her junior year. But you are a special type and likely struggle with depression. There’s no way to communicate with you. I’m just sorry for you and your family.

Not the OP but it’s what’s best for YOUR kid. You’re willing to sacrifice others so your mia can get the advantage. No matter the cutoff someone will be the youngest. USSF doesn’t care. Stop with whining and crying. The world isn’t fair, there’s no equity in outcome or opportunity. Tell her to put her big girl pants on and get over it. Stop taking the obstacle away, teach how to struggle and adapt and overcome. Everyone is so pansy and afraid of struggle, the struggle is what makes it great.

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Not the OP but it’s what’s best for YOUR kid. You’re willing to sacrifice others so your mia can get the advantage. No matter the cutoff someone will be the youngest. USSF doesn’t care. Stop with whining and crying. The world isn’t fair, there’s no equity in outcome or opportunity. Tell her to put her big girl pants on and get over it. Stop taking the obstacle away, teach how to struggle and adapt and overcome. Everyone is so pansy and afraid of struggle, the struggle is what makes it great.

Serious mental health issues littering this thread. Hoping the powers that be are less self centered and out the kids first. I mean that’s what youth soccer is about, the kids? I have faith in the people
on top to not let another year go by riding out the 2017 bad decision. Times are changing and people do expect more from those in charge.

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The problem is not the kid, most of them can navigate these types of problems (most, not all) but what we have here is parents trying to shield their kids from a possible struggle. "BY System not fair", "Grad year not fair", "coach not fair", "club not fair" . . . yes, some kids may struggle, but from what I've seen, most manage better than their parents.

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The large majority of youth players are not in contention for college soccer "at a high level". Once you get outside of the top 40-50 D1 college programs, the rest of the programs are all just different shades of the same thing. So a trapped player who is "not on college radars until junior year" might very well not be on those radars because of their trapped situation (always at showcases on teams where the college coaches are looking mostly at the grade above).

Your first two sentences are accurate. This is why being trapped does not matter. You will not suddenly jump into that top group just becuase you play with the age group below. The college coaches were not ignoring the 2027 grad year 2008s this year. If your younger 08 wasn't getting looks it is becuase she isn't good enough, not because of her grade. All those 2027 grad 2008s are at the top of theri lists to start this coming year.