I see your point, but I think you may be taking it a bit too far.Relax77 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:13 pmThis discussion has been had here and the large majority on this board disagree with you. But I don’t. I have watched enough club the last few years to see you are correct. I don’t think “grow the game” has to mean let’s have more teams at the D1 level. You can grow the game and have D3 teams. I think there should be a place for all kids to play college sports, but not necessarily at the watering down the highest level in college. It’s the same reason why the NFL doesn’t add five more teams. It would make money, but water down the product. Plus less teams would mean more parity.TNLAX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:40 pm I just can't go by the thought that "more is better".
Are there enough quality individuals who are lacrosse coaches currently out there to fill the existing rolls? There are all sorts of posts on FanLax suggesting that a number of current coaches and assistant coaches are not very strong. Where is Austin Pey going to find a good coach? Is a mediocre coach and coaching staff going to make the game better for fans? Will they have a positive impact on the players?
Do schools add new curriculum/majors if they can't find good professors?
Will there be an extra 35 girls coming out of high school to fill the roster spots who are legit division one level players? I mean, a number of D1 programs are very thin on talent currently.
Maybe Duke is behind this new addition, someone else they can schedule for a "W" (I know this is mean, but couldn't resist).
I say all this as a Vanderbilt supporter who has been disappointed that they haven't had a stronger program the past 10 years. Maybe I am afraid that AP will become the best team in TN.
There is 75 D1 men teams and I think that’s a great number. I understand title nine is great. I have two daughters, but do we need 140 D1 teams? We know that a lot of the kids that are on those D1 teams would be better off playing D2 and mostly three D3. A friend of
Mine told me his daughter started her first d3 game yesterday. He was ecstatic. There’s nothing wrong with D3.
For a lot of sports, D1 is the peak of its level. There really isn’t a professional league in sports such as lacrosse. Yeah they have the AU and all that jazz, but that’s just for a few select women and it’s not the same game.
It’s in danger of becoming “travel sports like.” Years ago if you played travel sports you were the better players in any sport. It became a business and now there’s 300 travel teams in every sport. Go watch the 150th against the 179th ranked club team. You would turn away from that game in five minutes to go watch a YJ vs M&D game. Yet there were probably 5 -7 kids that are now d1 recruits in that game.
Like I said. Most people disagree here and that’s fine. This is just my opinion.
9 years ago when my eldest daughter was playing at club in front of coaches, pretty much everyone on a top 15 club got recruited plus 60% of girls from clubs 16-40. Now it is 95% on top 15 teams, and 75% on teams 16-50.
There is a chart on another forum looking at the number of girls recruiting from teams outside the top 50 and pickings are pretty slim. And the girls who are recruited are generally from areas where their club in the best in a bad area. (like Michigan Triumph, NH Tomahawks, or Oregon Pride).