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FACTS, That did happen

The World Series is being moved to the east coast. Both of those teams will now be participating.

Saw .the post with a huge roster, now I get it.

Is that confirmed that the tantrum worked?

It’s confirmed that you will no longer need plane tickets. 2.5 - 3 hour drive from LI. You should thank all the clubs who balked at going out west. It’s not like the west coast was suddenly putting together age appropriate teams to populate the tournament.

Tantrum or not, in all sports you want the best teams playing and not having Express and/or 91 playing diminishes the quality of the tournament.

W.S. Is in Minnesota

Express or 91 not winning no matter where it’s played.

So now legacy is doing what express is doing on 28’s

Every team cheats, hence why that statement above is wrong, express and 91 will find players and they will compete. Igloo Moose etc have no shot at the WS

So you’re saying that everyone cheats but 91 and express are just more successful at cheating than igloo and moose?

They’ll both be bringing their age eligible 28’s i’m sure

Thought the eligibility worked where you pick where you can play based on your birthday/grad year and you stay in that lane? Being able to just switch because you're technically age eligible, but not that grad year doesn't make sense.

As long as the players are born on or after 9/1/2010 they are eligible. Express 91 and everyone else will bring 28s down. As is typical with this message board igloo rebels etc won’t be happy and I’m sure disgruntled.

Club Lacrosse is by grade. So you could have a kid left or held back a year or reclassed and they could still play because they are in the same grade as the others, regardless of age.

The World Series is by age with birth certificate checks. So regardless of grade, as long as one meets the birthdate cut off, then they are eligible.

And herein lies the problem with all events. People will complain when 28’s come play the worldseries. People will complain when teams show up to 2029 events next summer with 14 and 15 year olds.

It can be confusing.

Only thing not confusing is that Long Island teams typically dominate on age play.

They probably should with 10 million kids to select from, and still have above age kids on their teams. Wink, wink. They still can’t get them on the same team so they find excuses for why they lose to northern and southern teams. Go to Minnesota and enjoy your tournament, we will be waiting this summer to smack your on age kids around, and your holdbacks to. Stop the lies!!!

When did a Maryland team win the World Series?

False. Look at last year's WS Final. The differing cutoff dates betw states definitely help add to the confusion (Dec - NY, Sept - elsewhere). This is why USLax sets recommended age guidelines (Sept 2009 - Dec 2010). More LI Public School kids are playing lacrossse than in any other area of the country. Look at how many Club Teams you have for just 2 Counties. Holdbacks are not a Regional Issue, it is an Economic one. Reclassing from Public to Private may be the only way to reclass after starting Kindergarten late. Check out College rosters of the Top programs in the Country, especially the Ivy League - most Freshman are not coming from LI Public Schools. People that afford to send their kid to Private HS can also afford to start them late for Kindergarten. Why not give this kid as much of an advantage as possible? It's not cheating, if it works. Most people, in the same situ, would do the same. Look no further than your LI Club sidelines, where the majority of your Coaches, who know this, are probably doing the same for their families. Look at your LI Clubs who promote the #1 recruits in the country but don't post their ages, or, sadly, how many different High Schools they went to.

The statement was LI “typically” dominates on age play.
You pointed to one year an LI team didn’t win the WS. The first time in how many years? Alot, i won’t bother to count.

You went through that whole word salad for nothing.

LI kids typically dominate on age play. That’s a fact.

You want to get into economics and privilege and college rosters? The benefits to reclassing and private high schools? That’s another conversation.

LI kids dominate on age.

I almost think it’s less socioeconomic than provincial. Plenty of dough out here but culturally Long Island has never been big into the New England prep school thing regardless of lacrosse. There are exceptions of course, but I wonder if playing for the best league in the country will entice more kids to leave the island.

St Anthonys and Chaminade are a fraction of the price of those schools.

I would bet if those New England schools popped up on the sidelines with tuition incentives putting them on par price wise with the above you might see more kids leave and try it out. As it is, I think they get plenty of business from the New England area and don’t need to run fire sales for lax players.

Thankyou Dr. Phil!

The prep schools have endowments and aid packages larger than most colleges. Should not rule it based on sticker price.

Price aside they’re insanely hard to get into and stay in. Meatheads like us better off staying here and trolling blogs.

Why travel when we have 2 of the best schools here? No reason.

How to say “I’m a LI meathead” without sayin “I’m a LI meathead”. Doubt you’re qualified to mop the floors at those 2 schools.

The only good education you can get is in CT for 75k a year, everyone knows that.

Tough weekend for express. Again.

Thoughts on NAL this weekend?

daddyball is up and running

Rough weekend for LI teams at NAL.

You get what you pay for….lol
Express parents must be thrilled.

Moran not even there to stop it.

Talk about being sold a bill of goods.

Yes and no. By that measure, this was a rough weekend for anyone that isn’t a national team (including west coast stars) or 3d NE. Speaking of which, any idea what happened with 3d? Didn’t see them play but seems like They got a lot better.

What’s wrong……..Coach C and Coach M handing over the reigns to Daddy Coaches?

They’re older

Wasn’t the original coach who I think technically is still the head coach a daddy coach of the 29 Aa team?

Saw igloo play the first game one of the west coast teams definitely looked like and off game for them vs what I have seen of them at the last two tournaments . That was one game that just slipped away from them definitely a team they can beat if/when playing best of ability. But to their credit have to say they are the best LI team for the fall having swept all the supposed top teams

the season has become a joke.

They were the best team in the fall last year as well.