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Everyone had the same opportunities

I agree with you 100%.  Rushing kids on to college and out into the real world is foolish, particularly with the craziness in the world these days.  Even if holdbacks are done “for sports”, so what?  Good for them and their parents for having the sense to give them an extra year of being at home, not having real responsibilities, and having these games to look forward to.

As for transfers, I feel the same way.  If it’s better at Raceland or any other school, then parents should be able to send their kids there.  

The only problem I have with transfers are pots calling kettles black all the time.  If a person’s own school gets transfers, then they’ll knowingly smile and tell you how good their team is going to be.  If it’s a rival school, though, then they’ll make signs and shirts saying they are cheaters.

As far as I know, all schools in the region have been on both sides of the aisle at one time or another.

I'm on the outside looking in on this game so I don't know the specific details with transfers and hold backs. In general I'm pretty much in agreement on transfers, it's going to happen and usually the only time people complain is when the said school is winning. I also understand hold backs to some extent, if a kid is academically or physically behind grade level and the parents, child, and administration are in agreement then I think it is perfectly fine. Heck, I would trade my new truck for an opportunity to watch one more of my kids games, but that would be true for the next 30 years.  I also understand that during Covid things were different which could cause a greater number of students to hold back.
Now back to the this specific game, in terms of the "hold backs" are we talking a couple of students, two or three from each grade, or a tidal wave of students?  If it's just a few I say stop crying and move on, if it's an extreme case where all or most of the players in a certain grade held back then that's a different story. A concerted effort to hold back goes beyond "it's my business".  A decision like that places all of the players in the grades behind them with a tough decision, which I'm guessing could ultimately cause a tidal wave of hold backs from seniors back through middle school. If this is the "tidal wave" then I disagree, I don't know of any school in the region ever doing anything like that. But I could be wrong.  Again, I'm speaking from the outside looking in and haven't talked to any students or parents from either school so I have no idea the extent of the hold backs in this situation.  Either way at this point it's a done deal. I think Raceland cruises in this one 35-10.