Well, not to sound snarky, but I've been to most of the rodeos in the recent couple years. Crabs, 3d, NXT, UPlax, Terrapin, those Autumn classic whatevers at Towson or Goucher or Kent Island...and at EVERY SINGLE ONE of these tournaments we get an email the next week asking us to buy film or whatever. Then the clubs and events guys brag about how over 120 college coaches attended. If there were 120 coaches at Uplax or at Famous Autumn or the fl$ in 3d thing then 100+ of them must have been hiding behind trees.

This club lacrosse thing is the greatest carnival barking rake since PT Barnum's day. Yeah sure, Crabs are a special club. Ok, they have good teams and all but the reason why their kids get committed has nothing to do with going to these tournaments. Getting your kid into these club organizations buys access to their advocacy and phone call campaign to place players to college coaches who have a bias toward name lacrosse clubs. If your sons play for 20 minutes two times or never play a minute in front of a college coach doesn't really matter at all. At least this hypocrisy favors Crabs parents, and that alone is the best reason to defend it and keep paying for it. It works at that level.