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How is holding a child back meddling? Just because parents don't want their children to be going to college at 17 instead of 18, that's meddling? What's the difference in starting a child a year late or holding them back in 7th or 8th grade? NONE!!!!!! So let's all come down off that holier-than-thou high horse and let the kids play and have fun. By the way, did you know that Northern has several hold backs that are now the same age as other 8th graders who didn't hold back? It's not like these kids will be 20 or older graduating high school. Bottom line, IT"S LEGAL, GET OVER IT!!!!!:moon:

I hear this line of thinking all the time. The whole thing about being 17 when going to college. If your son or daughter would ENTER college at 17 then they went to school young for their age. Most of the holdbacks people are talking about this is not the case. Holdbacks that have an impact are ones that enter the 8th grade at 14 and will turn 15 during the school year. In some cases they will turn 15 during the fall. In other cases it would be later in the school year.

For those that do not know this has been an issue with the KYMSFA since the beginning. If you look across the teams over the past few years in the semifinals you'll find that they often have 3+ players that will turn 15. Also if you were not aware there are certain areas in the state in which this is a very common practice. People have tried for a few years to get it in place that a student held back for any reason could not play in the KYMSFA.