[Wildcat18]

You're absolutely right I should have rephrased, my fault. What I meant was, not all schools/districts allow it to happen. And what I was referring to was schools that allow kids to hold back in the 7th or 8th grade and still play football the next year, not just holding back in general. Like I have said on basically every post in this and the Southern thread, I am in no way against holding kids back and have encouraged it for kids in the Somerset system in the past (the 2009 8th grade state champs had a few).

That's understandable and you're also correct. What aggravates me is the fact that most people new to middle school football think this is unheard of outside of their area. It's not. This happens everywhere and it has been for a long time. At this level, you will be left behind if it's not allowed. However, the majority of hold backs in this area that I've seen are prior to the middle school level anyway. If anyone has a problem with the rules that overrides the simple rules for the KMSFA, I urge you to propose these things to your conference/school officials. These rules are applied at only a hand full of schools and they are only in mind to benefit the school, not the kid. The KMSFA does things the right way as far as their rules go. You get excuses like this everytime a champions are crowned. Just the way it goes.