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Why not do both?

I played sports with my age peers and my older classmates. Sports are what kept me connected to both groups when we had little else in common.

When I was radically accelerated, I spent time in middle school with my age peers for sports only.

Soccer is easy to play with both groups and I did play on teams where I was 3 years younger than others. Football, track, and basketball had to be played with my age peers, although I played pick up football with my older classmates as well.

There is value to being with older kids. By playing sports with his older classmates, he will get some maturity lessons he would miss out on.

So, I'd say that if a team will take him and dad will work with him, and he is committed, then he has a place with older kids.

Edit: I read the rest of the posts on this. Its ok to get cut from varsity teams when a younger kid. That is not the card you are dealt. Let the other kids have their glory because yours is still decades ahead and it all rests on what is in your head.