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Munro repeated 8th grade.

100% of sports writers are not 26 year olds and writing about children either. You are completely missing the point. Professional sports writers are writing about adult athletes who understand it is fair game and what comes with multimillion dollar contracts. There is accountability on both sides. Xanderss' deal is completely different. He is a 26 year old writing about young kid with no real background or expertise.

Sour Team 91 dad! Gotta love it. . .

If you were to ask those who follow other sports what they thought of a twentysomething year-old who barely played high school lacrosse never coached the game and never graduated college or play the game in college their thoughts on his rankings of high school players as the "standard". They would look at you and say you are NUTS!!! Wake up people!!

100% of sports writers are not 26 year olds and writing about children either. You are completely missing the point. Professional sports writers are writing about adult athletes who understand it is fair game and what comes with multimillion dollar contracts. There is accountability on both sides. Xanderss' deal is completely different. He is a 26 year old writing about young kid with no real background or expertise.

How is this different than the POTUS? Running our Country with no real background or expertise. Welcome to the world of everybody gets a trophy!

Did you just compare a college dropout lacrosse writer to the president of the united states?

Sure did...sorry you voted for him #affirmativeaction #communityorganizer #onebigassmistake

Some of you need to start referring to your sons as Shane.

He gave up lacrosse after his freshman year but followed his volleyball passion for his entire high school career. He then 'left' the academically-rigorous Lynchburg College after one year. Seems to be long on opinions, short on accomplishments.

Lacrosse is a strange world. Everyone hangs on the pronouncements of a non-lacrosse playing college dropout turned kingmaker, and a multi-millionaire ex-lax coach whose biggest accomplishment was turning a terrible team into an okay team who chased out because his players were out of control and didn't want to play for him.

Lacrosse is a strange world. Everyone hangs on the pronouncements of a non-lacrosse playing college dropout turned kingmaker, and a multi-millionaire ex-lax coach whose biggest accomplishment was turning a terrible team into an okay team who chased out because his players were out of control and didn't want to play for him.

Huh?

I was more referring to the fact that you called him a multi-millionaire. This is lacrosse, how many people are truly making millions?

You were going just fine until you used the word genius in your decription description of Ty Xanders. He is entertaining and seems to enjoy what he does. But no one cares about these rankings. There are so many college all Americans that are never ranked in high school. Of course he misses some kids. He misses hundreds. The missed kids might be better off without all the attention. He can't be everywhere, he goes to select tournaments, listens to what a few select people tell him. But it's meaningless. The one thing it could be is much more objective you could take the kids that go to the top showcases who make the All-Star teams and the MVPs over each year not just most recent summer circuit. That would be a start. But it is really not worth the time. If it was someone else would be doing it.

No one cares about high school lacrosse rankings . Your kids Rank in SCHOOL iis want really matters. And the only lacrosse ranking that matters is your college coach's ranking and your place on the team

Do you think maybe parents are exaggerating the % they repeat was offered to their son? A lot of kids get a proud parent brag scholarship as one assistant coach said. $1000 a year to say you are a scholarship athlete is worth a million to the parents and the kids. Some kids get a big % offer but most can't get much. 12.6 is all they have to give out.

Angrylaxmom is strangely silent…especially since the rankings came out. Wonder what is up with that?

Yes. I been missing those tweets. When did the rankings come out? Her last tweet was Sept 17 according to the twitter account.

Sad to say but I was at a golf outing and a club director was on the phone with ty giving him names to write up before the event even took place

Have you ever thought of the fact that maybe Ty was just getting names of kids to focus on and watch? Insane interpretation on your end, big dawg!

I don't think IL would have ever let him take money from club teams like it was suggested earlier, especially considering their new events business they've established (yeah right) to take over the summer and fall circuit.

I wouldn't think parents would hold kids back so they could maybe play D1 lacrosse at a crappy school.

I wouldn't think parents would pay $50K + to send a kid to a prep school so maybe he could play D!.

I wouldn't think coaches would put ringers on teams so they would win.

I wouldn't think club coaches would make a promise to a kid he was going to be on a national team only to pay a hefty fee and ride the bench on the local team.

I wouldn't think…….blah blah blah.

You all are relentless. I understand he's controversial - though probably made out to be more than he actually is in reality - but he's passionate and actually does a rather good with the rankings. Can't make everyone happy and probably missed some names but that's gonna happen to anyone.

Ty Xanders is not controversial, he isn't relevant or revered enough to be. Its so funny, a great sport with amazing tradition, a sport with super talented kids having fun playing!
And many of these kids moms & dads are upper class wealthy successful intelligent people who went to outstanding schools with now great careers! Big giant homes, fancy expensive cars, multiple homes & impressive lifestyles!

But yet, a kid who tweets about his excitement to go see "Bassnectar" in concert at Madison Square Garden is able to consume your lives! For some reason he has a "voice" and a couple of dads behind him.

Its nuts.

Great post. How about the Ty Xanders tweets of Solo red cups of brew he is enjoying at Baltimore Orioles games he is attending? Isn't it great that this guy is the "main" reporter/player evaluator in High School age lacrosse players.

News flash, kids enjoying solo red cups on their college visits, moron!
Stop looking for reason to bash Ty, you appear as a jealous loser

No one needs to LOOK for a reason to BASH Ty, he bashes himself constantly with out even knowing it. He's immature and not qualifited for the role he had with IL. I have no reason to be jealous of anyone, but I think many of us have a problem with someone promoting DRINKING that is writing/covering about underage kids.

As far as your stupid [lacrosse] comment about red cups at college visits, speaks volumes of the type of parent you are.

BTW- why are you assuming that anyone who knocks Ty Xanders that it means their kid wasn't ranked? ? Should I respect or agree with Ty's role in the lacrosse community just because he ranked my kid? NO, I dont! Its called MORALS.

Quint K, Paul Carc, Chris Mortensen (NFL), Peter King (SI), Buster Olney (MLB), Adan Schefter (NFL)- I doubt any of these top sports analyst/reporters would come off as immature on social media or act a fool. Lacrosse is GROWING, we need the men covering the sport to be mature credible professionals.