You cannot be serious about that there is no difference between grade based/age based. Every other sport is based on age. A certain organization who shall remain nameless (cough ... Crabs) fielded a handful of 8th graders in the 2016 HOCO league that would turn 16 in the fall of their Freshman year and one who was 16 in the 8th grade (March birthdate). Grade based is a joke. The only people defending it are the people who game the system.
Be honest, though, your kid's team wasn't even in that bracket, so how did it affect you? The competition in that AA bracket was fierce and good for the game. Your example is of a grade group (2020) that was headed into HS, where grade based is the only viable means of organizing recruiting and events. The age argument is weak, as there has never been a singular numerical age group for lacrosse (rec or otherwise), and nobody cared until they started spending thousands of dollars to join a club, then started seeing these really great teams at tournaments. The same kids that get complained about are the same kids that your kid used to play against at rec!
