Lacrosse is a good game, but let's be honest the real sports are: Baseball, Football, Soccer, Basketball and Hockey. If you are a great athlete I never will understand why the push by parents for lacrosse? For the 10-50% scholarship that you will receive from a university at age 14 or 15? You have nothing big to shoot for with lacrosse after college. The MLL is a joke! Imagine your kid is really good at one of those other sports, why throw it away just to play college lax? For the parties? In 4 years you are finished unless maybe you can play in the beer league (MLL) for quarters. I never will understand it, I see many potentially great athletes just settle for lacrosse. Is it because dad played in the 80's when no one played the game outside the Northeast? So he pushes it hard on his kid? In our time if you could catch, run and throw you were the best around? The only thing that has evolved in lacrosse is how much of a huge money maker it is for certain people. Could you imagine your parents doing what parents do today, and for the same college scholarship money as we had 30-40 years ago! Everything since the 60's is the same in lacrosse. Sad but unfortunately all true.
never ever understood this argument - why play volley ball, archery or almost any other sport? Why would any girl play any sport since they have virtually no professional leagues. 99.99999% of HS athletes play for the love of the sport and or being a part of a team. Lacrosse has been very very good to a lot of HS athletes on Long Island whether it is help getting into a school, a little financial assistance with a school or just the thrill of competing with friends. I would urge all kids to play sport/sports that they love.
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