simple solution to all of the discussion regarding holdbacks and stacking rosters as teams make play off rounds at tourneys. 1- every child should have to register with a governing body (US Lacrosse) listing his birth certificate and photo. this is done in hockey,football and im sure other sports also. 2- when teams enter tourneys they should have to submit photo rosters this way coaches prior to games can check players in (this is done in pal football and there is never an issue) 3- money should not be an issue because these clubs are making a boat load of $$$. this is not rocket science. now if something along these lines doesn't happen your gripe shouldn't be calling out parents or children on this site. call out the organizations that practice this in order to put out a false product so that they can continue to get into our pockets and take our $$$
US Lacrosse is to blame for all of this. Change the rules to be like EVERY OTHER SPORT.
US Lacrosse changed the rules and the clubs, plus PAL doesn't comply. The clubs don't want to alter their business model, so I get that. You would think PAL would, since it's not about winning. Plus they should do everything in their power promote fairness and age based does that. They do it for football????. Everyone who hates grade based, and it's most of you. Stop complaining here and Email the PAL the board and ask them why they won't go age based and adopt US lacrosse age guidelines. If everyone that ever posted a holdback/age based post in here sent one email to the PAL board. PAL would have to consider it for a vote. Or provide a reason for why they wouldn't. So stop complaining on a lax blog and go try and make a difference. If PAL changed, that could be enough to make a difference with the clubs. But maybe not, since they complete ignored US lacrosse.
