[BlacktopOutlaw]

First off, I disagree with holding a child back purely for sports. My reasoning behind this is that it gives a child the wrong idea about real life. When they are introduced to the real world they then find out the hard way that life is uncertain. You are not on a level playing field and you are not given an advantage over others. It is an earned comodity, such as, a college education. No one is going to walk up and say, "Here ya go, old buddy, old pal, have a college education. Don't work a minimum wage job the rest of your life." If anyone gets an advantage in the real world , it is earned not given. Holding a child back gives that child an unfair advantage of a years growth and experience and deprives other children of play time , well deserved just because they are as deserving as any other. Teach our children facts not fiction. When they find out later in life that you were teaching them for their own good , then they will appreciate it!!! The truth being spoken , very few and far between, will ever see pro sports, however, if GOD is willing, they will all become adults having to survive in a very unforgiving world. Then it will matter very much..........