@langra posted:What state are you in? How are juniors reclassifying as sophomores--most states only allow 4 years of eligibility once you start HS. I see a fair amount of 8th graders reclass and repeat 8th grade, but not HS.
I’m in FL. PG absolutely let’s kids in HS re-class in HS. By re-classing now I guess they begin to compete against their new recruiting competition. As TPM mentioned, once they exhaust their HS eligibility they play for an “academy” and don’t have to adhere to FHSAA rules because they aren’t playing sanctioned events. Look at IMG for example. They still play top HS teams and other academies. Some of the academies actually get to play year round.
The crazy thing to me is none of these kids were studs and weren’t any better than the top 2023 kids. Some were a little more filled out, but overall play wasn’t better.