The ship has sailed! You are beating a dead horse. GET OVER IT! College coaches want to know when players are available to them and grade based teams provide the answer. All of the whining and complaining on this thread is not going to change this reality. When your child reaches high school, maybe you will give it a rest and move on.
Now it is the college coaches excuse. That actually had some validity when Colleges were recruiting 9th graders. Those days are over. First day of 11th grade is the official recruiting day to make an offer. Of course most colleges will be watching 10th graders and some 9th graders.
There are ZERO college coaches attending 8th grade events now. ZERO unless their son or friend is playing. Which means to you Youth lacrosse apologists ......You apologists need to come up with another excuse.
Once again..You apologists always try to bring in High School and College lacrosse when talking about this youth issue.
