Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
My son is in the 5th grade, we are in a northern Westchester "hot bed" for lacrosse. I've been told by 3 or 4 different parents that my son "has to play for XYZ summer club or he'll never play in HS because the Varsity coach runs the club". I have refused to be pressured into registering him for the team in spite of being invited by the program director. He plays for a summer program that has no connection to our HS program and everyone knows this HS associated club is far inferior to the one he plays on now.

What is a parent to do? My son loves playing for this other club, has many friends on the team and is being coached by a few highly qualified coaches.


If your good you play.....period.


I have posted thi sbefore, but if you think there are no politics involved in youth sports, you are naive. There are politics involved in mulit-million dollar pro sports, so it easily happens at every level below it.


Politics are everywhere including employment, promotions, sports etc. Players of equal talent you can make the case that favorites play a part. But....on a whole in sports the best players play. No coach is going to sit his/her best players.


Remember this the next time you see the pro player making millions of dollars a year who is basically [ChillLaxin] the bed for half a season but is still starting, while a player at a level below him could do better. I get it - that player has the skills and potential to be the better player, but sometimes they just aren't at that time. And that player has been invested in by the team - they have to justify that investment in playing time. In the pros, it's money invested; in college it's time and effort to recruit. Both will ride poorly performing players long after they should have let another player play.



Ok. Last comment.......are you really equating/comparing pro sports players making millions of dollars to college/HS/youth sports. Cmon man....read the thread.....question was about 5th grade lax. Also note the comment...."on a whole". Stop with all the excuses why average players are picked over other average players ie recruiting, politics, team mom, daddy coach, too small, not athletic blah, blah. Sorry.....the best players play.