Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Lacrosse is a great sport but there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! You may get a good piece of college paid for. That's it. The guys in the MLL get between 1k_2k a game. What does that work out to? 40k on the higher end. My friends neighbors kid is the backup goalie on the NJ Devil's. He makes 450k a year at 22. That is a pot of gold! Let your kids play as many sports as they like.


For most people it's not about the money. Most people save for their kids future college costs.


Agree, put money away for your kids education and hopefully you get some lax/academic money. The goal is your kid walking out of school with no debt, a degree, 4 years of competitive lax and memories for a lifetime.


Year round lax will only lead to burnout and repetitive use injuries such as back stress fractures and ACL blowouts. But don't listen to me, go to any athletic trainer who does PT and ask them what they are seeing. How about these kids just get a job in the summer and work on getting stronger to help minimize the risk of injury during fall ball and the season? At some point the liife lessons and value of learning how to make a living far outweighs the ego boost for some dad that grew up in Queens and never played the sport himself.


Why the d-bag statement about being from queens? That is why people from LI who still speak so lovingly about their 5 minutes of fame at Adelphi back in the day are seen as such jerks. Plenty of people have played the game and that has no bearing or weight on this discussion.