Peyton's Place

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It aint a sport here, High School Football, it is a fusion of religion and insanity, resulting in the glue that  holds communities together.

Occhi
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Query for you, Occhi:

I am relying on comments made by my sister, some 15 years ago, when she had her son entering kindergarden in a community in Texas (Midland, IIRC). She claimed that there were parents who held their sons back a year before entering Grade 1, in aid of ensuring a larger/more mature boy for a better shot at a successful high school football career.

Since her son was born just before the cut-off time of September 1st for enrollement, this meant that her just turned 5-year old was in class with boys who were about to turn 6 and, in some cases, 7. At that age, there are significant differences in maturity, and her son was having a hard go of it in the peer relations department as a result - hence the comments.

Was this an exaggeration on my sister's part? Or is this practice a common one still?