At private HS in MD and elsewhere, you will find overage kids. I have not seen it at youth, and we routinely play teams feeding the MD MIAA A (HS privates) teams.
Fun to complain about, hide behind, but what's the solution? I agree with a poster in another thread--USLacrosse could stop it by simply refusing to insure tournaments/teams/players that do not follow its age guidelines. Make organizers, coaches and players all sign affidavits certifying ages. Easy implementation at youth, harder at HS level.
Sadly, it will likely take serious injuries, and follow on lawsuits, to cause real change. Likely too late for 2019 son...
Originally Posted by Anonymous
almost every crazed lax parent with an axe to grind and looking for the next Duke JHU Harvard offer for their prescious.
they'll also have their kid repeat a year (transfer to another school) in grade school and then their kid will be another year older than everyone when they enter HS as freshman.(just look at the recent 2017 commits).
lastly, they'll do a year of PG and be 21 yrs old by fresman year in college. red shirt another year and they'll be an AARP member at graduation.
it is a great system and MD (as well as some LIers) have mastered it
take a look at the rosters of theses clubs (especially MD) and you'll see.
