Just wanted to update you guys on those damn cheating Canadians. Five verbally committed players.
Edge 2019 Hopkins (2 committed) Denver UNC Albany
The only people who care about the injustice of all this are the parents of age appropriate kids who are either not being recruited or being recruited by teams that are not considered to be elite. No college coach really cares about age....they want the biggest, strongest kids and dont care (and actually prefer) that their players are 20 years old when they start freshman year. It is what it is......
That pretty much sums it up......spot on
And there it is, when I ask why Lacrosse doesn't go to an age based system like baseball, it's the 'business' of winning in D1 college lacrosse that dictates the status quo. Generally speaking in baseball, it benefits talented kids to play up 1-2 age levels while here in lacrosse 'playing down', or repeating is the way to be seen. Son's 2020 Summer Team will have 6 new kids this year who are all repeaters of 9th grade. As you say...it is what is.....
If you are a hockey fan, think about John Tavares of the NY Islanders. He is a star at the NHL level and was a phenom as a youth hockey player in Canada. So as a 16 year old he was good enough to play up with 18-19 year olds in junior hockey. What an uncommon idea in today's world where good players choose to further advance themselves by playing down.
