Arguably, I'm new to the youth lacrosse scene, but what makes lacrosse unique vis-a-vis other youth sports? If football, basketball, soccer, etc. can utilize age-based teams/leagues, why not lacrosse? College recruiting is not a valid argument since all of those sports are also played in college. I guess the entrenched powers have reason to keep the status quo, but it seems like the current system encourages kids to be held back in school just to gain an advantage. Maybe the solution is just too obvious to work...
