what bewilders me is that the decision to have the minimum age limited to 21, when technically the legal age for consent is 17...and at 18 we are all adults??? Originally Posted by HedonisticFoolDecision probably has to do with the belief that most starting on this board at 18 - 20 are probably not attending their first rodeo. Strong possibility that they were runaways lured into the biz. That being what these laws are made to eliminate.