And unfortunately there you have todays lacrosse club parent "Did you play 6 years of YJ's to go to a state school?" I would say yeah on a couple of fronts- Better education at Binghamton, better playing odds, lower cost with or without athletic money, smaller roster plus my kid isn't the next Shannon.
I believe it should be about the education and if the lacrosse fits even better but many will send their kids almost anywhere at any cost just to play lacrosse.
for todays LI club parent I will concede the YJ bumper sticker and the Syracuse S bumper sticker are two of the best and most highly recognizable in the sport so if that is what you are paying for dad, go for it!
What about if you replace the S of Syracuse with the S of Stanford, or the P of Princeton or the N of Northwestern, or the D of Duke? Now to me that no money, possibly sit the bench makes a lot more sense. Not saying that is the right decision for everyone, but if your kid is a good student, and lax can help her get into one of those academic schools, that is a very good outcome in my book.
