lets let the numbers do the taking. From Long Island alone, only Nassau and Suffolk county, there are about 106 D1 commits. From the entire state of Maryland only about 90
Add the D1 commits from Westchester, Albany region and of course, Western NY and the number must be truly impressive.
179 all info from lax power 2015 data base
You failed to recognize/adjust for the fact that Long Island has a population density of 5402 people per square mile while Maryland has 550 people per square mile so Long Island should have more D1 recruits given their more concentrated population to draw from. Comparing apples to oranges and if one were to take the time to do the adjusted math, Maryland would more than likely exceed the number of D1 recruits of Long Island based on the number of kids playing. This discussion has taken place countless times on these forums-stop trying to stir the pot and recognize both regions have talented players. It is not an us vs them - those kids that go on to play in college, will all play together so stop trying to pit them against one another.
and you, my finely unqualified statistician, have failed to realize that long island proper includes Brooklyn and queens counties which is a total of 7.75 million citizens.
subtract the population of the only two counties on long island that actually play lacrosse, they being Nassau and Suffolk; and we have only a combined population of 2.8 million.
Maryland on the other hand has 5.9 million citizens.
you guys close to DC just love that fuzzy math....now do the rest if you care and you will see that per capita, Strong Island produces the most D1 players and the least amount of age holdback cheaters.
thanks for trying
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