“They all deserve congrats! And yes, 9 may be YJ, but 7 are from Suffolk schools and 2 are from GC - both areas whose talented lax players frequently play for YJ rather than another club.”
Good observation, parents of younger players below 9th grade see this. The new phenomena developing is that parents of average to mediocre athletes see this "model" of club lax girls getting recognition and going to good colleges. So these parents push there 6 and 7th grader into club lacrosse and try and kiss the right "butts" . So now you have lots of mediocre athletes cramming these clubs, in particular 6th and 7th grades.
Looking at all the clubs rosters, your argument make zero sense. All the clubs have the same amount of teams for 2017 and 2018 as they do for older and younger girls. That age is no more crammed in than any other. the thought that there are no talented girls in 5th, 6th and 7th grade is just silly talk. The good girls in 9th grade and above come from somewhere. You may have a point where some clubs seem to turn no kids away and you end up with some less talented kids on the third or forth team. But some may be very good atheletes who are just starting and just need a year or two of stick skills to get caught up, so the idea of these lower teams as only money makers is only half correct, they are also a farm system to develope players, I see they value from both a finacial and player development standpoint as far as the clubs are concerned.
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