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- May 7, 2012
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Soccer has player cards with their picture and birthdate on it. Refs typically review them prior to the game starting. The coaches are responsible for bringing them and presenting them when asked.Yep. I have to provide that for my kid in order to play soccer and the coaching staff has to be able to produce if there is a question as to his age!
I know I use pageant examples often, but I have one former pageant competitor godchild who is VERY SMALL for her age. She is 9 and 20th percentile for height and weight (grandma and dad are small people.) She looks like a first grader.
Well, back when she competed in pageants, mom always packed the birth certificate (most require it but some people do not bring it because they assume there won't be a problem.) At 5 years old, she was so small that she legit looked THREE. So they'd show up, register in the 4-5 division and get the side eye because the directors did not believe she was really 5. They thought we were trying to sneak a three year old into an age bracket with fewer kids!
Happens a lot in that activity. Some kids are legit small or big for their ages. Others are cheating.
Reminds me of the "There is no way that kid is 12!" that some kids get in the cheer world.