[Catfan09]

What crazy comments....many imply that they are older during middle school but wait till they play someone their own age in high school? Will everyone eventually become the same age? Why are you looking at Pulaski's current record to compare with current middle school teams? Pulaski is down this year but have performed very well the past few years without a lot of holdbacks. I have 2 kids, one was not a holdback and one is. For the elder, he went through having to compete against kids older and bigger thus not getting the attention he might have been getting now if we had held him back. Most of the kids his age were sophomores when he was a senior and about 6:1. Well he is about 6:5 now and much stronger. I'm sure he would like to have had an extra year but the school didn't allow holding back when he was younger. I didn't hear anyone complaining when the other schools were beating people with their holdbacks. My younger has been held back along with about every other kid his age at his school and surrounding schools. He is a very smart young man so don't imply that they will not have jobs just because they've been held back. He will be eligible this year and every year ahead. There are a lot bigger problems in this world than a kid who has been held back. Move on!