What's with all the "Power Play" nonsense on ESPN this year?

[renault]

Where did this come from? Why are lacrosse guys like Quint saying "power play" as if it's a term used in field lacrosse?

[Big Dog]

used in the pro league?

[bearlaxfan]

Makes the sport easier to understand for nubes and the lax-curious. Grow the game I guess...

[10stone5]

Because they're goofy.

[CU77]

used in the pro league?

Yes. And Quint et al relentlessly promote it.

[Unknown Participant]

I think it is because it is gender neutral. The term "freshman" has been eradicated from any feed I watch (hockey/lax), and several networks use "player up" instead of "man up" as a graphic. I don't agree w/it obviously since it is all men playing, but that's libs for ya.

[PizzaSnake]

I think it is because it is gender neutral. The term "freshman" has been eradicated from any feed I watch (hockey/lax), and several networks use "player up" instead of "man up" as a graphic. I don't agree w/it obviously since it is all men playing, but that's libs for ya.

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, huh?

[Farfromgeneva]

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[ExLax]

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^ +1 for funny and accurate

[molo]

Pimping the PLL

[jrn19]

I think it is because it is gender neutral. The term "freshman" has been eradicated from any feed I watch (hockey/lax), and several networks use "player up" instead of "man up" as a graphic. I don't agree w/it obviously since it is all men playing, but that's libs for ya.

You alright there pal? Everything okay at home?

[BillyECarroll]

Perhaps they're just trying to jazz things up a bit or add some excitement to the commentary? Personally, I'm more of a fan of sticking to the classic lacrosse.

[DMac]

I think it is because it is gender neutral. The term "freshman" has been eradicated from any feed I watch (hockey/lax), and several networks use "player up" instead of "man up" as a graphic. I don't agree w/it obviously since it is all men playing, but that's libs for ya.

Take your politics to the Water Cooler. There's not one word of truth to this.
No girls playing hockey or lacrosse these days? Tune into the Cuse-UNC wlax
game played yesterday and get back to me on how many times you hear
the female commentator say, "Benoit, the freshman" (phenomenal D girl for
the Cuse). You need new feeds....I still hear freshman, man up, man down,
player up, player down, woman up, woman down, and yup, power play on
all the channels I get.

[rolldodge]

Pimping the PLL

ding, ding, ding!

[faircornell]

If enduring "power play" and 'sock trick" are the price to pay for all of the streaming of games now available, I suppose it's worth it.

I guess that the next vocabulary equivalence from the indoor game to look out for is if they start calling ground balls "loosies".

[laxpert]

Things change
At one time the positions in lacrosse were : Att - In Home, Out Home, First Attack... Mids- Second Attack, Center, Second Defense ... D was Point , Coverpoint and First Defense.
By rule Goalies wore jersey numbers 1-9, Defense 10-19, Middies 20-39 and Attack 40-49. I believe JHU followed this rule until the early 70's

[MDlaxfan76]

Things change
At one time the positions in lacrosse were : Att - In Home, Out Home, First Attack... Mids- Second Attack, Center, Second Defense ... D was Point , Coverpoint and First Defense.
By rule Goalies wore jersey numbers 1-9, Defense 10-19, Middies 20-39 and Attack 40-49. I believe JHU followed this rule until the early 70's

Interesting.

When did the terminology re positions change in the men's game?...I never heard my dad and his friends who played in the '40's and '50's use those terms. They did refer to a crease attack man, and crease defenseman, and center middie, as my era did, but not those other terms. Earlier?

The women's side was doing those or similar terms as you suggest in the '70's and '80's...

We didn't call poles in the midfield LSM's in the '70's but that made sense to adopt within a few years, nor was the term FOGO used back then, as most stayed on. My HS classmate in '76 was the first face-off specialist in HS to be recognized as such as all-state, at least in Maryland. A true FOGO. But the specialization had started a bit earlier if I recall...but again, most stayed on.

[mdk01]

Where did this come from? Why are lacrosse guys like Quint saying "power play" as if it's a term used in field lacrosse?

Because the ACC told them to. I'll

[mdk01]

Things change
At one time the positions in lacrosse were : Att - In Home, Out Home, First Attack... Mids- Second Attack, Center, Second Defense ... D was Point , Coverpoint and First Defense.
By rule Goalies wore jersey numbers 1-9, Defense 10-19, Middies 20-39 and Attack 40-49. I believe JHU followed this rule until the early 70's

Interesting.

When did the terminology re positions change in the men's game?...I never heard my dad and his friends who played in the '40's and '50's use those terms. They did refer to a crease attack man, and crease defenseman, and center middie, as my era did, but not those other terms. Earlier?

The women's side was doing those or similar terms as you suggest in the '70's and '80's...

We didn't call poles in the midfield LSM's in the '70's but that made sense to adopt within a few years, nor was the term FOGO used back then, as most stayed on. My HS classmate in '76 was the first face-off specialist in HS to be recognized as such as all-state, at least in Maryland. A true FOGO. But the specialization had started a bit earlier if I recall...but again, most stayed on.

I think LSM came into existence when the rule changed limited them to 1. FOGO in the 90s, though the specialization began in the 70s.

[faircornell]

Things change
At one time the positions in lacrosse were : Att - In Home, Out Home, First Attack... Mids- Second Attack, Center, Second Defense ... D was Point , Coverpoint and First Defense.
By rule Goalies wore jersey numbers 1-9, Defense 10-19, Middies 20-39 and Attack 40-49. I believe JHU followed this rule until the early 70's

Interesting.

When did the terminology re positions change in the men's game?...I never heard my dad and his friends who played in the '40's and '50's use those terms. They did refer to a crease attack man, and crease defenseman, and center middie, as my era did, but not those other terms. Earlier?

The women's side was doing those or similar terms as you suggest in the '70's and '80's...

We didn't call poles in the midfield LSM's in the '70's but that made sense to adopt within a few years, nor was the term FOGO used back then, as most stayed on. My HS classmate in '76 was the first face-off specialist in HS to be recognized as such as all-state, at least in Maryland. A true FOGO. But the specialization had started a bit earlier if I recall...but again, most stayed on.

I recall that in the early 70s score sheets still had these positions listed. I think in box, one player is designated the "in home" to take bench penalties.