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This wasn't a rushed decision or one that was kept hushed up. It is a subject that has come up numerous times over the past few years.

Pitchfork, I don't need to pull back the reigns. You constantly state the kid want to play for grade teams. Well I am sure some do. But we have had alot of kids that are excited about JFL. Quite a few that said they would not have played And a few that have signed up that have never played before. The only reason why We would not have enough kids is if some parents are childish enough to keep them from playing. That would be a shame.

Also, no, my kid does not benefit from this. I encouraged him to play freshman but when given the choice he wanted to play with the kids in his grade. I know it's horrible that he and two other boys have birthdays in July and the cut off date is august 1st. It's not like these kids are being held back. I would have preferred he moved up but we don't always get our way now do we.

Still in all of this alot of you are still not getting the fact that the school system has not fielded a middle school football team since the mid 1970's. The JFL has been responsible ever since and many of us feel it is time to go back to the system that in all honesty worked much better than the one that we were forced into. And no the 2005 state champs were the last group to go all the way through before we made an 8th grade team.

Schedules were made. Things change. The Greenup schools combined to make one team. That left holes in peoples schedule. Raceland joined the conference. That filled some holes. In the end you do what you feel is right and this is what the majority of those that had a vote felt was right.

As for a 6th grader playing on the A team above an 8th grader. Well, I am not coaching one of these teams but if a 6th grade kid is better than he would play on the A team for me. It's still football and still competetive. What this system does is give more kids a chance to compete IMO.

I will be waiting for that call.