Lol. Really, the MIAA is literally the poster child for holdbacks. I'm sure there are a lot of on age kids getting attention, but because of early recruiting, schools like unc, uva, syracuse, maryland, penn state etc. favor kids that have been held back. Period. Those are all spots that would have gone to an on age kids. Period.
Very True..MIAA is holdback/prefirst central. The problem with Lacrosse is that it is a sport that gets many players that are not flat out true athletic kids. Many are pretty decent athletics but very few are the WOW athletes. Those kids go to Football,Basketball, maybe even baseball. The Money Sports.
Lacrosse gets many 5 ft 7 to 6 ft kids that wouldn't make it in high level Football or Basketball. So giving these kids a extra year makes a HUGE difference when they are competing against similar non TOP athletic kids.The true WOW athletes don't need an extra year. The true WOW kid can compete and is better than many of these older holdback kids when competing. Problem is most dont play Lacrosse.
Unfortunately the extra year works ..Especially now with early recruiting at 8th and 9nd grade. Doesnt mean that once these kids get to College it will be an advantage, but for some it is. They will always have an advantage over similar 5-7 to 6 ft players who didnt get the playing time or coaching these holdbacks did.
