So true but is is all driven by clubs and college coaches and will never change
Have you even been watching what has been going on with lacrosse. They just got recognized lacrosse for the Olympics, there is a new Professional lacrosse league starting up. All good things for the sport. So you may want to rethink what you are saying. They are really making a push for the sport.[/quote]
Some select group of today's 8th graders will benefit themselves/their families from the "investment" in one or more ways:
- Get into a better high school and/or college and thus, possibly, improve their future earnings potential - Get money from said college (note that pretty much no kids get full rides for lax) - Eventually play professionally (and make almost no money unless you are one of a handful of superstar players)
Each of those outcomes is progressively less likely. The monetary value of those possible outcomes is, on average, nowhere close to the amount of money parents spend on club membership, clinics, camps, equipment and travel. Lacrosse, like every youth sport, is a money lost for parents. It is probably worse than most other sports.
If your kid enjoys the game, and you enjoy watching them compete, than pursue it. If you think that you are making an "investment", you should probably just buy a lottery ticket instead - better return.
