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Let's just focus on lax.

You get to drive home. We have to live in Maryland.

Lets focus on the fact L.I. parents act like clowns on the sidelines and whine in their fake accents when their clearly superior lacrosse players lose a couple games. I enjoy watching the show as they parade around like they should be the center of attention rather than the kids. Fools.

BTW. If L.I. players are sooooo superior I am very surprised to see so many MD kids get recruited to D1 programs...year after year after year.

Ok someone else can do the research but the population of the state of Maryland is 5.9 million and the population of Long Island is 7.5 million. So I need someone to count all the D1 rosters to see who wins. Ready set GO>>>>>>

You are so right, acting like clowns on the side line is a major understatement. I actually really hate playing LI teams, I can't stand to see how the parents treat the kids and refs. So glad I don't live there because life must be tough on the island, that must be why they are so angry all of the time

Can we get back to lacrosse and stop the name calling? I just checked out the Warrior Denver tourney rules - I don't see anything that prevents any of the teams participating (Cough - Crabs) from bringing their reclassified kids. No age restriction.

The age cutoff is 5/1, so to play in this event you had to be 13 on 5/1/14. There no doubt will be PLENTY of 14 year olds playing, as there will be PLENTY of kids that are still 14 playing. I would say anyone that is 12 that is playing in Denver would be considered "playing up"

But the reclassification issue will be in full force. Am I missing something?

Must also show documentation that they were in 7th grade the Past school year or lower. Any kids that were 2019 (even if they make age) are eligible. According to the website. Wonder how closely that will be enforced

Any boys that were in 8th grade ineligible. Crabs have a few kids that fit in age part but were in 8th grade this past year. Interesting to see if they try and push the envelope

The number of kids on Crabs 2019 who will not qualify for this tournament is just a few. They will be close to full strength.

As you know each and every player makes a difference and that difference is what separates the great from the good and winning from losing.
It doesn't matter if it's only one player the playing down in age is ridiculous and will be stopped soon.

Good point, I forgot about that!! It should be interesting!

For Denver, you must be born on or after 5/1/01 and be in the class of 2020 or later (2021, etc.).

No 2019s allowed.

Any team in violation of these rules will forfeit all games.

Denver rules [cut and paste]:
All players must be born on or after 5/1/2001.
All players must be in the Class of 2020 or later.

If it's a grade based event with no age restrictions, then the Crabs (or any other club) is not "playing down". Whatever any event is, a team can be accused of cheating only if they are not following the rules.

That's not in the rules. Only says that all players must be in Class of 2020 or later. Technically, these kids are now in class of 2020

Yes meaning if they were in 19 " they are technically 19 til first day of school when they officially become a 20 Uhh ohh that's exactly the purpose of a report card

Unfortunately it's more than a few and after OC ALL eyes will be on the rules ! The level of embarrassment if caught would be rather large

Crabs 2019 is playing in a tournament that weekend, so doubt there will be any of them in Denver

I bet all the 2019 players that played on the 2020 team in OC are on the 2020 team in Denver.

It should not be any - ever!! Statement illustrates how cavalier Crabs are about manipulating the system and playing older kids against younger kids. It is not only those "few" repeat eighth graders doing 8th grade against next year, but you also have to eliminate those who held back earlier and do not meet the age requirement. How many Crabs 2020 left? Just for fun, let's compare the Denver roster to the one the roster from Beach Lax.

Who is actually going to check and in reality who is going to challenge the tournament organizers who are all "in" with the bigger club management. Repetitive behavior at all the tournaments and nobody is willing to take a stand.

Another brilliant statement by those manipulating the system and ruining the sport to benefit themselves.

The level of embarrassment should already be high after what they did at Beach Lax but they wear it like a badge. Wonder how much last minute recruiting is going on now to find some guest actual 2020s to fill out their roster!

Bingo! The rules from beach lax state that "placement on a grade based team...is dictated by the highest grade of any player on the team". With several 8th graders that would make them a 2019 team - this fact has been overlooked.

If this is the case the crabs win should be vacated and they should be disqualified. Yes - it's a 7th grade lacrosse game - but - it is/was cheating and the should pay the price.

Check the beach lax rules page.

Every Crabs 2020 player from this spring is eligible for Denver

Do the 2019s they played on 2020 team at beach lax qualify for Denver?

It was after school was out. So those kids who are holdbacks are in the class of 2020. They didn't break any rules.

School was not out for everybody in Maryland or in NY so the 8th grade graduates were playing actual 7th graders still attending classes. School years are identified as 2014/2015 etc. so until 2015/2016 they are not 2020s. Who decided that just because they graduated the week before they were automatically 2020 when they did not have a day of school as 2020s? They will be 2020 once school starts again which is sad enough but they were not for Beach Lax. They broke the rules AND were poor examples of sportsmanship.

"It was after school was out..." - not for everyone. In my book, you are not an 8th grader until you actually start 8th grade (for the first time). Obviously a gray area, which seems to be where the crabs operate best.

Now they will try to convince us that all those 7th graders were actually playing up!

Then I would expect their game against team 91 to be pretty close, assuming they meet, but it won't be.

3 of them do, but it doesn't matter since they have their own tournament that weekend.

Just for fun, let's compare the Denver roster to the one the roster from Beach Lax.

Are you saying you wanna have some fun or do ya really wanna have some fun.

So 3 kids who have presumably done a year of pre-k and have also completed 8th grade (once so far) are all born after 5/1/2001? I don't think those numbers add up, plus I think it was already admitted here that they are not eligible for Denver.

To the poster that said they were out of school therefore they were 2020s - how can u say that with a straight face? It's laughable. The purpose of the rules is to make the games fair and competitive. The crabs (and anyone else who reclassifies players) are gaming to system in order to give their teams/players an unfair advantage. The Crabs cheat - no two ways about it.

I believe that the statement "Every Crabs 2020 player from this spring is eligible for Denver" refers to the NPYLL season, not Beach Lax.