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Pike County does not allow holdbacks to participate in the same grade twice. Other counties such as Letcher,Knott,Perry,Johnson,Morgan etc. allow to them play. Your better football and basketball programs on the high school level usually have at 2 or 3 holdbacks. Are these kids going to make a living playing sports? Probably not. Can these kids use sports to help them make a living? Without a doubt. By this I mean money for college. Academics are the most important thing in school but sports give kids another option for college money. Every school does it. The parents may just start their kids late or they may stay back in Kor 1st grade. Some schools do it in later grades. Do not complain if a kid is heldback when you have the same choice.

Depends on who you are and who you know. Pike Central played an entire football season with a kid held back from Pikeville, now that others want to do it you can't.........