So you can't imagine any similar scenario happening in lacrosse? This could happen to other players in other sports, both mens and womens and this just happened to be a football example that was highly publicized and readily available.
With only the monetary equivalent of 12.6 scholarships to spread across a D1 lax roster and 85 scholarships to spread across a D1 football roster, it's not a stretch that this could happen to someone in lax.