Reply to "Parental Hold-back year.. NCAA rule???"

PA2016Backstopdad1,000+ posts

When my youngest son was in 5th grade we made a well considered decision to hold out son back for the same reasons you listed above. In no way did sports performance even enter our minds. I consider myself, and my wife would agree, a sports fanatic and it never crossed my mind. To hear this is common practice is parts of the country and thought of in general is very troubling. In the context of this issue, it appears that kids have become commodities. And yes I understand that they are, but shouldn't be to their parents.

9/19/145:10 PM

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