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6th grade football had separate teams, I know.... cannot say for sure about bball!

I think, as long as it is a uniform decision across all sports, there is nothing wrong with it!

You can't compare baseball with basketball and football. Size and age do make a difference for the majority of kids in those two sports. But baseball is a sport where size and age is not as big of a factor.

If you adopt the attitude a kid should wait his turn, then you are telling him it doesn't matter how hard he works to make his self better because it is not going to matter. Also, this is not giving the older kids any incentive to work hard either because they know "it's their turn."

I don't think Shelby Valley basketball has this same attitude. If so, Elijah Justice wouldn't have started the regional tournament when he was in the 8th grade.

Bottom line..........If you are going to build a winning program year in and year out, you put your best players on the team, no matter who they are or how old they are.

I know Sam and I don't think he took it personal, but he understands what it takes to build a winning team and I know that's what he wanted to do for Pikeville.