I just heard ma youth soccer voted yesterday to go grade based age cutoffs in the fall, not calendar year. Anyone know anything about this??
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI just heard ma youth soccer voted yesterday to go grade based age cutoffs in the fall, not calendar year. Anyone know anything about this??
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYes if governed by USYS or US Club ALL clubs must switch by 2017 ... Delaying the inevitable
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy daughter is a December kid but quite honestly I don't care either way. However, from everything I've read the verbiage used by US Soccer regarding the birth year change is that it's a 'mandate', 'best practice', and 'should be implemented'. It is not a LAW that can be enforced by US Soccer. So i'm curious why USYS, US Club Soccer, or any other organization feels they have no choice. US Soccer/Tab Ramos claims that “it makes things easier and it gets us on the same calendar with the rest of the world and it becomes easier to identify for U.S. National Teams and everything else when it comes to international soccer.” I'm just not sure why organizations feel they need to make the change when 99% of it's customers will never be considered for US National Teams or play at an international level. As for the other 1%, they are already playing based on birth year.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy daughter is a December kid but quite honestly I don't care either way. However, from everything I've read the verbiage used by US Soccer regarding the birth year change is that it's a 'mandate', 'best practice', and 'should be implemented'. It is not a LAW that can be enforced by US Soccer. So i'm curious why USYS, US Club Soccer, or any other organization feels they have no choice. US Soccer/Tab Ramos claims that “it makes things easier and it gets us on the same calendar with the rest of the world and it becomes easier to identify for U.S. National Teams and everything else when it comes to international soccer.” I'm just not sure why organizations feel they need to make the change when 99% of it's customers will never be considered for US National Teams or play at an international level. As for the other 1%, they are already playing based on birth year.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI just heard ma youth soccer voted yesterday to go grade based age cutoffs in the fall, not calendar year. Anyone know anything about this??
If they voted to stick with a grade-year cutoff, it would be for the 2016-2017 school year. It's a one-year measure that will be done during the transition year before a USYS-wide change in Fall 2017. This is specific to town-based travel leagues (BAYS/MAYS/etc).
Clubs are likely switching to a birth-year cutoff (from what I've heard) starting in the fall of 2016.
A decision for the 2017-2018 school year for town-based travel leagues would be revisited next year at this time.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI didn't hear the result of the vote yet, but assuming you heard correctly -->
If they voted to stick with a grade-year cutoff, it would be for the 2016-2017 school year. It's a one-year measure that will be done during the transition year before a USYS-wide change in Fall 2017. This is specific to town-based travel leagues (BAYS/MAYS/etc).
Clubs are likely switching to a birth-year cutoff (from what I've heard) starting in the fall of 2016.
A decision for the 2017-2018 school year for town-based travel leagues would be revisited next year at this time.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI believe everyone gets their insurance through those organizations. It may not be "the law" but they could make possibly make an insurance issue out of it if you're having younger kids play up on a regular basis. Besides if your league follows it but you do school year based registration then your teams have to play up a year, probably making them less competitive.
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