This is the most inane argument! If you want a chance to call yourself National Champion, then show up at the US Lacrosse U15 tournament. If not, just sit down and shut up.
really, really simple - most of the best teams don't attend. Period.
Better stated, a couple teams that could compete don't. Short list.
Even better stated a couple teams that you would think could compete don't go because many are age ineligible. Again have not heard one person come on here and state which tournament has all the best teams from across the country go. Amazing that so many want to put down a US lacrosse run tournament that is actually trying to crown a national champ on an equal playing field.
Shall we argue the age vs. grade USLacrosse guidelines? Because that's been done to death with no agreement.
What is there to argue, the mid atlantic states have players and students that are on average older than their Long Island counterparts giving them an advantage when playing grade based, when that advantage is taken away the excuses start coming in.
Somewhere in another thread this has been very argued. In short: if you start making lacrosse age-based, a la soccer and many other sports, then it screws with the recruiting of those hold-backs, despite the fact that all other sports have figured it out.
