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The KMSFA has tried very hard to make things better. In some cases with little support and a ton of hard work from a small group.

I think that the hold backs are often not the coaches asking for it but parents doing it on their own. The parents feel they are doing the right thing though we might not agree with the reasons.

I asked this past fall about in areas were it was common to hold back players when did it happen. The thread is closed but I am sure it is still on here a page or two down. You will see parents talking about it gives their child a better chance at a scholarship. Now I am not sure how true that is but they believe it. You will also see a number of comments about it is not illegal and instead of complaining about it your school should do it. The explaination that all teams have hold backs.

I think it is true that most teams have a few players that were held back for legit reasons every year. This takes place often at the elem. school level. I know we have not had a player held back while in MS and still play. It is when you get a team with 1/3rd to 1/2 of the starters being all held back at some time there is in an issue.

I am all for the guys in this thread that were 17 when they got out of HS being held back. That is tough for a kid no matter if he plays sports or not since there are so many thing he can not take part in because of age.