Don't know if that true or not, but the reason a lot of teams don't go to this event is in fact the because they age out and don't meet the age rules according to US Lacrosse and you are now not allowed to pull up kids from some of the younger teams unless they participated with the attending team in more than 1 tournament. What they probably meant was that from an birth year perspective, it is a good indicator of where you stand with kids that are actually the "same age". Just an aside.... If you had a problem with the dads statement , why didn't you say something instead of calling him out on a blog ? Sounds like you are a disgruntled YJ parent if you are hanging with YJ people .