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Lacrosse is an anolamy and not sure why. I think it has always been a niche support and a haven for preppie afffluent communities. One of the few collegiate sports that Ivy League Schools continue to rank at the highest level in the NCAA. That controlling faction is the only influencer that I can come up with that is manipulating the sport to its detriment.

The prep schools that litter the high school rankings every year, locally, Malvern, Haverford, and Episcopal are the single greatest beneficiaries of the re-classifcation tactic. Our neighbor is an outstanding pole and he was recruited to play for Haverford School. The first thing they made him do was repeat 9th grade.

If these bastions in the sport not only condone but encourage reclassification the reality is that outside of the high school ranks the sport will suffer even more as the playing field isn't level. In fairness the elite schools mostly play each other and the MIAA in Maryland is probably the greatest offender when it comes to reclassification and they often play each other and the Haverfords, Episopoal, and etc. are all on their schedules. The issue is when these schools then play Avon Grove, Springfield, Garnet Valley. It does beg the question if these elite private schools would even beat the public schools considering the majority of their rosters are filled with kids in "13th" grade.

That is the real reason, these private schools continue to be elite by gaming the system and these are the same individuals that fill the ranks of US Lacrosse.

Only way to lend clarity to a rather inane system. The world is round and NOT flat and anyone that believes grade over age based should be the standard sounds just about as silly as those that once believed the world is flat. T

There are inter ac schools with very little to no reclassed kids. MP and Springside Chestnut Hill for starters.

So Malvern has zero re classed kids, are you 100% sure about that?...

Yes, none

Why go to Long Island when all the best LI Teams come down here....Thank you NXT for field and Fusion for BOX. I for one would rather sleep in my own bed and save the hassle and money.

Why go to Long Island when all the best LI Teams come down here....Thank you NXT for field and Fusion for BOX. I for one would rather sleep in my own bed and save the hassle and money.

Unfortunately, unless you want to only play one top-tier tourney a year, you're going to need to travel. BL should try to get into the NLF. Lots of top team play in those tourneys.

LOL, actually I know the owner of BL and as a matter of fact their 2023 and 2024 were both invited to the NLF event in June but declined due to prior commitments. Don't kid yourslelf at 2023 there were alot of non NLF teams that attended. The NLF guys aren't stupid if they want to promote their brand of elite tournaments they recognize that there are elite teams outside of their Federation.

BL came out of nowhere, and let's be frank started kicking everyone's [lacrosse] locally in Philly, cite them for cheating or whatever makes you feel sleep at night about the results, that is fine, but the results and game scores themselves cannot be refuted.

Even now they are working with S2S, Igloo, Express to set up a local "off the grid" playday between the top 2023 and 2024 teams in the country but most on this board wouldn't even be aware of that as they can't compete. Very Darwinian in that all of the elite clubs want to compete against each other as they all recognize that the only way to stay on top is to play the best competition you can find.

If they beat Express which most would place at #2 on the 2023 hierarchy and beat the Crabs which beat Igloo twice why couldn't they beat them. Maybe we do maybe we do but at least we are in the game, you.... the only game you are playing is with yourself

LOL, actually I know the owner of BL and as a matter of fact their 2023 and 2024 were both invited to the NLF event in June but declined due to prior commitments. Don't kid yourslelf at 2023 there were alot of non NLF teams that attended. The NLF guys aren't stupid if they want to promote their brand of elite tournaments they recognize that there are elite teams outside of their Federation.

BL came out of nowhere, and let's be frank started kicking everyone's [lacrosse] locally in Philly, cite them for cheating or whatever makes you feel sleep at night about the results, that is fine, but the results and game scores themselves cannot be refuted.

Even now they are working with S2S, Igloo, Express to set up a local "off the grid" playday between the top 2023 and 2024 teams in the country but most on this board wouldn't even be aware of that as they can't compete. Very Darwinian in that all of the elite clubs want to compete against each other as they all recognize that the only way to stay on top is to play the best competition you can find.

If they beat Express which most would place at #2 on the 2023 hierarchy and beat the Crabs which beat Igloo twice why couldn't they beat them. Maybe we do maybe we do but at least we are in the game, you.... the only game you are playing is with yourself

Playing in a NLF event at a younger age means nothing. The only NLF events that matter are for the HS ages and my understanding is that only NLF affiliated teams play in those.

FYI there are 80 listed 2020 commits. 58 of them are from NON NLF teams. There are a lot of great players playing on NON NLF teams. You do not have to play for an NLF team to get recruited. If you are good you will be seen and recruited.

What's concerning is there's only an handful of PA kids. Still early but damn.

What's concerning is there's only an handful of PA kids. Still early but damn.