Not sure why there are so many people on this board that think having lacrosse be aged based LIKE EVERY OTHER YOUTH SPORT is a bad thing. The only explanation is that somehow their children are benefitting from this cooked system. USL encourages 2 year age brackets in order to accommodate areas where there are not enough kids to have it be grouped in twelve month segments. That is clearly not necessary in the DC/MD/VA area. There are plenty of kids to field complete on age teams.
As the above poster mentioned, the real problem is that club owners (Crabs) have used this convoluted system in order to gain and unfair advantage. 16 year olds on a 8th grade team is beyond ridiculous. It creates an unsafe environment and uneven playing field. It needs to end.
If USL really wants single year age groups, why don't their tournaments and championships have single year brackets? Everything is always shown in two year brackets. If they just once had single year brackets shown in any event, they would have some credibility. They just pay lip service to the single year brackets.
