ECNL changing back to School Year

[Guest]

I just listened to the ECNL podcast which had the president and vice president talking about potentially going back to school year and made it sound that they are both against birth year.

Has anyone heard anything about this? They made it seem like a possibility for 25/26 season.

[Guest]

School year makes the most sense if we are talking about kids competing for collage scholarships or wanting to play with their friends from school. Players should be evaluated amongst their grade level not with kids in different grad years. If parents hold their kids back which some will do most will not who really cares. You’re talking about probably less than 1% of kids. Most schools will not allow holdbacks anyways. Unless it is a justifiable reason so the kid probably needed it anyways.