Originally Posted by Anonymous
It there any reason for your son to play travel lacrosse after eighth grade if he’s not all in on college lax? My son plays on an elite travel team and is a frequent contributor (but by no means a stand out). I expect he will make varsity as a freshman at the local Top public. But I think he would struggle at a top private. We’ve had friends who’s sons we’re in a similar situation and stuck with travel only to not play college lacrosse or play lacrosse at a school they would never otherwise go to. I’m thinking that travel lacrosse is nuts for 90% of the kids who do it. Thoughts?

This is a shockingly reasonable and self aware post -- you may have been looking for a different forum.