Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Why did USA Lacrosse move to a grade based system?


US Lacrosse advocates age based -- http://www.uslacrosse.org/rules/age-eligibility-guidelines.aspx

"Leagues and associations should organize competition by age, and consider physical, cognitive, and emotional maturity when grouping players. For leagues or associations in which some local programs choose to organize their teams by grade, those teams should play in the age division determined by the oldest player on their roster. Teams organized by single birth year or single grade are suggested, but if a league needs to group two years/grades together it should strive to limit the maximum age difference between players in a youth game to no more than twenty-four (24) months."

However US Lacrosse can't enforce these guidelines other than in their own tournaments.

Here's a laugh: I saw on social media last night the champion team from FCA for US Lacrosse's U-15 "national championship" tournament. Many of the boys we recognized are 2018 players, so likely would not be under 15. One boy had a full beard and mustache!!!!


You know what's funnier? That 2017's born in late 1999 would be eligible. And (ALL) 2018's born in 2000 like they are supposed to be , are all eligible!!