Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
This playground fight about which area is more of a hotbed I’d hilarious. Let’s see which girls actually see the field in college before we decide who wins the fight. Riding a bench at the top 10 schools doesn't make your area a hotbed.

Seeing the field in lacrosse is an extra. With pro lax paying what it does, the objective is to use lacrosse to get into the best academic school possible (that happens to be a good fit otherwise) and get scholarship money if available. Its really that simple. If going to a Stanford, Vandy, Duke, Georgetown, BC, ND et al is available at a deep discount (or getting into an Ivy period) is an option, do it now.

did you ever stop to think that maybe they're playing and putting in the blood, sweat and tears because they actually LIKE playing? if they don't like playing, they're definitely not going to enjoy their college years. my kid wants to go to a college that is a good academic fit where she can also see the field. going to an academic reach and riding the bench just so a parent can brag about what school their kid is at sounds like a recipe for disaster.

The bar and restaurant industry is full of lacrosse players who didn't push themselves academically. If the choice is be a role player for a a top flight academic program with a 40-50% scholarship vs being a starter at a $75k per year D3 or non fully funded lower academic level D1, the decision is easy. Life's a marathon not a sprint.