East of the border
Years ago

Proof of age in junior basketball

Can someone confirm if proof of age is required in basketball in all states?.I know other sports require birth certificates,but remember when registering my son many years ago at local club level no proof was required
Not that it matters to us ,but from there his age group was determined and his eligibilty to under age state teams.
I am not saying it is deliberate but quite easy to make mistakes in the paperwork.
I know of one case with a single dad who was respobsible for the sport stuff and he got it wrong in U/8 and that continued right through until they were a senior player.Shame he didnt have the talent,could have been the biggest U/16 player in the country..lol

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Another example of how expectations have slipped.

Wasn't that long ago clubs had to copy and keep documented proof of a players age. These days anyone can play any age until a club official asks BSA to check. And even then I doubt their checking methods.

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Years ago

i recall a kid that played in one of my kids teams for years u10-12-14s - always considered a bigger stronger player that physically dominated contests - then when they had a 16th birthday party and all the others were 12 months younger we found out the folks had been fudging the DOB so they could play with the group they wanted - club had no idea.

they soon disappeared from the basketball scene after that

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