Originally Posted by Anonymous
Curious to you old timers?? How did NCAA lacrosse survive prior to recruiting 9th graders?? Was it that bad??


The best kids who were approaching college age (not approaching HS) got bigger and better awards. It took a lot of the guess work out of it for coaches and players. It also gave everyone a better look into what type of academic student the kids were going to be in college. Give some kids not all a chance to narrow their school target list based on a major of study. It is a huge win all around even though the same motivated parents pushing their kid to verbal in 8th grade will be the same motivated parent looking to bend the new rules.