Jalen Rose Report: The practice of Middle Schoolers staying back a year

[mozichrome]

The Jalen Rose Report - ESPN

the article they talking about
http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boy..._staying_back_in_middle_school_to_get_an.html

Coaches and parents say some players repeat grades for understandable reasons: Either they have a late birthday, need time to mature or could use an extra year to work on their academics before high school.

Others say the decisions are made purely to gain an advantage.

“It’s not because a kid is not doing well in school or is too young for his grade,” said Bob Hurley, coach of St. Anthony High of Jersey City. “It’s just because you’ll be one year older in high school and you’ll be that much better of a player.”

 

[MikelArteta]

they usually reclassify anyways :barney:

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Mitch McGary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

21 year old that just finished his freshman year....no juco....

 

[NigerianDonDada]

Mitch McGary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

21 year old that just finished his freshman year....no juco....

He went to prep school after HS........still old as fukk tho

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

Mitch McGary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

21 year old that just finished his freshman year....no juco....

Mitch just might be slow

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Wasn't O.J. Mayo like 20-21 when he graduated HS?

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Mitch just might be slow

Yeah

That boy aint right

 

[Icantspell]

Yeah

That boy aint right

 

[eastside313]

 

[SoulController]

didnt know it was this common

 

[DeVanteSwing]

this aint fair

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-S4aByi1Og"]Stars Are Staying Back In School To Get Ahead In Basketball | Jalen Rose Report - YouTube[/ame]

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

Go look at every top 5 player in each hs class theyre all left back a year or two

 

[Hammer]

mcgary is a 21 year old freshman? wtf

 

[Reggie]

This has been prevalent for a while and needs to be addressed. I remember them hyping up Psycho T back when he was a freshman but I always thought it was funny that he was a 20 year old freshman at the time. Now it is the norm for players to be 19 or 20 as freshman. But you still got cats like Rose KD and Oden who were 18/19 during their freshman years and with their correct classes.

 

[Jack Martinez]

In my city, parents do this all time for their sons who play football. They call

themselves holding them back so they "growth spurt" kicks in.

It's so dumb, especially if they kid don't grow any.