[DunnThat]

"Parents who hold back their children are a disgrace"???? You have absolutely no grounds nor the right to judge parents in this manner.  Each situation is based on an individual and their progress and performance.  If a child is held back, even if it is mainly for sports, it is the choice of the child and that parent.  I think your statement is a very rude and hateful comment that CANNOT be made to every parent that makes a decision such as this one. Until you are placed in a situation where you have to make this hard decision, you have no right to make such a comment.  And perhaps you feel it is wrong to hold back a child for sports reasons and you think it teaches them the wrong values.  But most of the time your athletes are your better individuals.  they aren't the ones on drugs and doing things that they aren't suppose to be doing.  (And if they are they are normally removed from the team.) Your athletes are you good kids.  That believe in hard work and keeping their noses clean.  So, i feel holding back a child for sports reasons is a judgment call and can only help a child and give him more time to mature both mentally and physically.  And if doing this helps get them closer to that free ride to college, then how can that be bad!!!!!!