All this talk about holdbacks, cheating, and winning and losing lacrosse games s beyond stupid. There is only one reason parents hold their kids back a year and that is to draw he eye of college coaches/recruiters early in the process. This is where parents' minds are and for any big-time club program director/coach, this is where the money is. When you open a club's website, you don't usually see their win-loss record or their tournament championships, but what you do se is where their players are attending college. This is the brand.