Ongoing Debate Over Holding Students Back for Athletic Reasons

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Though not necessarily against the rules, the practice of holding students back a grade to enhance their athletic prospects has sparked debate.

Gordon Engelhardt of the Evansville Courier & Press in Indiana points to brothers Ernie and Everett Duncan, both graduates of Harrison High School, as "kind of the local poster boys for the recent trend of high school athletes being 'held back,' the controversial practice of giving a player an added year of maturity and perhaps an edge over their younger opponents."

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