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Another way to deal with the relative age effect would be to change the birthdate cutoffs from time to time.

In Minnesota, a kid born in Jan-March has an age advantage playing calender year in the summer. Then he has an age disadvantage playing association hockey in the winter, with the July 1 cut off. The opposite is true of a kid born in Jul-Sept.

I wonder if this variety has contributed to Minnesota's large numebr of D1 players?

DING DING DING, DING direct hit in my opinion Terry. We already have THE most challenging hockey development model in the US and maybe Canada. For the exact reason you just stated and yet we continue to mess with it. I will say for the first time on this site that the 2 men that authored the participation policy should be called on the carpet. (Sorry to bring up another topic)

I am from a small association so kids that are standout young of the year players actually have a decent chance of making our A teams. Kids in this situation are luckier than if they were lost in a large association.

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