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

[ScottyG]

Anyone with a brain and a tv knows this. Melo and bron the same age, and Melo was 1 and done

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

There was some white kid in my middle school who said his parents was letting him doing that and he wasn't gonna be going on to high school like the rest of us. Thought it was weird and backwards as fukk, no idea it was that common

 

[YourMajesty]

Anyone with a brain and a tv knows this. Melo and bron the same age, and Melo was 1 and done

Bron was born 1984 during December so he was in his right class

 

[Newzz]

The OLDEST Division I College Freshman Of All-Time....WR Tim Frisby.


Dude was 39 years old as a FRESHMAN


He was on the South Carolina Gamecocks a few years back

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http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/frisby_tim00.html



He was a 20 year US Army Vet though, so I salute that man

 

[Hammer]

here's the video of the jalen podcast -


jacoby rocking wu-wear

 

[L&HH]

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.

It's actually not that dumb. Around that age a year makes a BIG difference. I know my birthday was late and had I waited a year I would have had that much more of an advantage when I played. Im glad the opportunity never presented itself to me though.

Anyone with a brain and a tv knows this. Melo and bron the same age, and Melo was 1 and done

Thats a bad example LeBron's birthday is December 30. Some school districts you have to be the age before the school year starts.

First time I found out shyt like this was happening was my senior year of HS. I played football and was talking to my then QB who was a sophmore and he asked me when my bday was and I told him it was in December and he was like why didnt you stay back a year? And I was just . He told me his parents did that with him when he was in either middle and/or elementary I cant remember.

There was also a controversy with this dude that went to my high school that ended up transferring to some high school in DC. Dude stayed back so many times (unintentionally he was just a dumbass and hardhead early on in high school) that he was like 20 as a junior in high school and the school district wasnt trying to let him play. The school/community had toget petitions and shyt signed and protested and they finally let him play.

 

[L&HH]

Also if you break it down it can be more than just one year. My birthday is late and I entered college at 17, Shabazz Muhammed is one month older than me, yet he started school last year...that's a BIG difference.

 

[EA]

I was 6'3, 200lbs when I was 16. Why didn't I come to America and do this?!

 

[who_better_than_me]

My bday in December and I was 17 when I graduated. Took off school for a year and still started college at age 18 but that was in the DMV.

So yeah I figured it out on my own looking NCAA basketball and seeing starting age for freshmen/ sophomore who were kinda or older than normal.

 

[L. Deezy]

bookmark for later

 

[the artist known az]

My bday in December and I was 17 when I graduated. Took off school for a year and still started college at age 18 but that was in the DMV.

So yeah I figured it out on my own looking NCAA basketball and seeing starting age for freshmen/ sophomore who were kinda or older than normal.

Everyone I know born in December graduated at 18 and was gonna be 19 the same year.

 

[YouMadd?]

this shyt goes on a lot... I grew up in MN, land of hockey and parents hold their kids back a year usually in kindergarten... So when they get older they'll have a size and physical development advantage over other kids...

 

[aqualung]

That young, parents can't know who will be a pro athlete and who wont

--> aq out <--

 

[Rekkapryde]

Not shocking. It used to be just for kids whose birthdays are late and don't meet the school year cutoff, but too many think their kids will be ath-a-leets.

 

[RickyGQ]

didnt know this was "news". Knew a kid who was supposed to be in our class my freshman year and who repeated 8th grade. Never reclassified though. Ended up on Duke as a walk on for a year though...
also pretty common for dudes to play a 5th year at a prep school for various reasons... don't see the difference really...