Does mater dei have the oldest starting line-up ?

I guess it must be win at all costs! That's mighty Christian now isn't it.

How can anyone not be concerned about this? It's fine that they are all going to be 19 before school starts since that IS the rule. But the problem lies in the development of most male youths. Boys develop later than girls and one year makes a huge difference both in their mental state and physical state. So the argument can be made that this is an unfair advantage. It's one thing if a student is held back for a legitimate reason but it's another thing if it's being done for athletic reasons which is what is occurring more and more today.

In college an athlete can red-shirt for a year for numerous reasons and the male athlete by that point is more mature both in development and mental state, so here it makes more sense to holdback, but NOT at the high school level.