redshirting in high school

if you 19 in La before start of school you cant play

Could be wrong, but I also believe, in LA, you must get held back prior to high school. Once you enter high school I think you have 4 years of eligibility.

i know my family held my brother back in 8th grade so he will be one year older then most kids when he went to high school for football. This was in the early 90's.

Well I'm gonna try to find out what the rules are around here. My bro-in-law is in his class, too. As soon as this kid makes a couple camps yall will hear about him. His name is zed woerner, but I'm not sure bout that spelling.

wrong...
Th rules states that you cannot turn 19 before August 31st of your senor year. As far as hold backs, in Louisiana you cannot be held back the after 5th grade, but you can b held back in 5th grade. Any hold-back after the 5th grade deducts from your high school eligibility

Rule in Louisiana: If you fail a grade before HS and then go to HS and do not turn 19 before september 1st of your senior year you are eligible. You only get 8 semesters of eligibility in the LHSAA and that is 8 consecutive semesters which is 4 years. If a kid gets held back he must petition the LHSAA for a ruling on eligibility prior to HS or attend 3 years of HS and then go to a prep school somewhere or to a state that will allow him to play like TX or TN. It just all depends though on if the kid is being held back or legitimately failed the grade. If he failed then he is eligible all throughout HS unless he is 19 before sept. 1 his senior year.

The hold back rule in Louisiana was changed my 7th grade year in 1997-98. I held back that year and had I did it the next year I would have to go a MPSA school or transfer out of state. Like somebody else said though, you can be held back prior to middle school though.

If your high school and middle school are on the same campus you can play middle schoolers up. This is not the case in most large schools, but in smaller schools you often find that to be the case with basketball and soccer

I know a couple who held back their kid in first grade even though he was passed to second. They had to have a meeting at central office and make their case about whatever. But their real reason was that they didn't want to mess with hold backs later in MS or HS.

They are raising their kid to be a professional athlete...from birth. So far, the kid is very impressive.

How sick is society when you will knowingly hold your child back to have an advantage playing football. No wonder louisiana is last in everything meaningful.