lorin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:55 amTop 20 in points per game 2021MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:05 amGuessing there's a tongue in that cheek?keno in reno wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:39 pmThat's an interesting and honest assessment. I've wondered what parents from traditional powerhouse areas like DC-Boston private schools think about their kids now having to compete against dudes from Florida, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Cali, Colorado etc. for those elite lacrosse college spots now, when 20 years ago there was almost no competition from those areas.CU77 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 5:59 pm Great news, IMO. Unlike so many others, I have absolutely no desire to see lacrosse grow. I love that it is a niche sport in which non-power-5 schools can compete at the highest level.
Why why why do so many of you here want to see lax grow?? Into what, exactly? Do you not understand that massive growth would mean that the teams you root for would be much less likely to be successful? Do you really want to compete against Alabama, USC, etc etc etc??
I've never heard any lax parents in my hometown (Baltimore) complaining about that one. However, lax parents all over whine about so many other things while spending their money like it's water to get their kids a 'look', certainly possible.
Plenty of parents complain that their kid who has better grades, SAT's etc than they did can't get into their alma mater...that complaint has been going on for a long time as admission standards keep getting tougher as the world gets 'flatter' and 'fairer'.
It's interesting to me that people seem to think they're entitled to certain privileges. Shocked when it's not a guarantee. (cuts both ways, legacies and money not guaranteed, perfect SAT's not guaranteed).
However, I think CU77 was just talking about rooting interests...If you're rooting for say Cornell or Hopkins, it's not an insignificant question as to what would happen (if Title IX went away) and men's lax became an actual pro career track, money sport at big universities. I can understand the preference to stay smaller, more concentrated, less 'commercial'.
I do wonder about the sense of fraternity/community our sport has had as a popular, but non-money sport. How does commercialization of the game impact that sense of community? I dunno, but it sure bothered me a few years ago when the lax equipment commercials were all lax-bro, sexist stuff.
EDIT: I guess I have heard some complaints from Fairfield County parents about their lax 'star' kids not getting a look at Ivies, with those schools under pressure, they say, to find athletes from areas of the country, demographics, not already heavily represented in the Ivy student body....
NY 8 ( 7 from LI )
Canada 3
MD 2
NJ 2
PA 1
CT 1
Hot bed areas total 17
FL 1
CO 1
AZ 1
NON area total 3
Best player in country: Florida.Also #1 in points per game.
Best player in Final: Virginia.
Let's agree that the most top players continue to come from the densest lacrosse hotbeds, biggest populations playing the game. However...
Who are we fooling, we take the credit, but we know where they get it from. 
