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The rule has nothing to do with staying back!! All you're focusing on is they can't tell us to hold our kids back or not.......stay back as long as you want. Khsaa is saying you cant play twice in the same grade thats all. Parents are hoping if they hold their kids back then they will grow and get better and noticed by some college scout and be offered a scholarship. By the time they get to high school the playing is so leveled by then it doesn't stand out nearly as much. College coaches and scouts look at grades just as hard. They love the athletes that they know will never have an issue in the classroom. This is from personal experience on the coaching side of things.