Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Club owners make the majority of their money off tournaments. They are not going to change to age based until teams stop attending their tournaments. Crabs, FCA, Looneys and the MIAA schools they feed into thrive off the reclass scheme. Why would they change? Take one look at the Baltimore Under Armour Command roster and it is painfully obvious who is on age and who is not.


Wasnt that the craziest thing ever.. Baltimore was basically a bunch of raising 11th graders instead of 10th. All of them should have been on the Highlight Division team..Well most would have not made it. Most people around country all know the drill with Baltimore teams. Loaded with older players. Many others are trying to catch up now each seems.

MIAA has ruined youth lacrosse in MD. They didnt do it themselves. It was the Clubs associated with MIAA teams like Crabs , FCA, etc..

No one cared when youth was age and MIAA middle schools teams and High Schools teams played each others holdbacks. Probably fair to each MIAA team as they all had prefirst and holdbacks..... But once the older holdbacks/prefirsts filtered to youth programs and clubs and started to play down.....It has ruined the integrity and fairness of Youth lacrosse in MD.


Shut up.


Truth hurts. Part of the issue in Baltimore area is that "adults" who could be setting fair play standards and modeling as ambassadors of the sport are holding back their own kids. Parents who swore their kids would never holdback and/or attend private school or play for organizations like Crabs forgot their own integrity in the hopes of a minimal scholarship or more likely they just wanted the water cooler bragging rights. when you have high school, club coaches and public figures and league organizers involved at a high level with the sport reclassing their sons because they could not compete at their appropriate age level and they encourage others to do the same you know the sport locally will never change.


My kid held back, and I love it. You can whine away until your butt hurts.


And once again, therein lies the problem....it is NOT about YOU. It must get lonely waiting for someone to come by to bore them with your "WE won this weekend."or perhaps " I am announcing a game this weekend, but more importantly let me tell you about my stud son who I held back". Or "my high school team lost this weekend but let me tell you about my son who I held back and who plays in the MIAAA". Of course if an extra year to even have a chance of getting a scholarship is your goal, then more power to you but that is not the goal or the character that those trying to promote age based play are going for. The dads that live through their boys will never get it so carry on but don't give those who are trying to fix the sport and teach kids sportsmanship etc. grief.